Romans 16:18

16:18 For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds ¹  of the naive.

Philippians 3:18-19

3:18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ² 

Philippians 3:1

True and False Righteousness

3:1 Finally, my brothers and sisters, ³  rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

Philippians 1:6

1:6 For I am sure of this very thing, ⁴  that the one ⁵  who began a good work in ⁶  you will perfect it ⁷  until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ⁸  from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Philippians 2:13

2:13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Philippians 2:15

2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world ⁹ 

Jude 1:4

1:4 For certain men ¹⁰  have secretly slipped in among you ¹¹  – men who long ago ¹²  were marked out ¹³  for the condemnation I am about to describe ¹⁴  – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil ¹⁵  and who deny our only Master ¹⁶  and Lord, ¹⁷  Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:19

1:19 These people are divisive, ¹⁸  worldly, ¹⁹  devoid of the Spirit. ²⁰ 

[16:18]  ¹ tn Grk “hearts.”

[3:19]  ² tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”

[3:1]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[1:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “since I am sure of this very thing.” The verse begins with an adverbial participle that is dependent on the main verb in v. 3 (“I thank”). Paul here gives one reason for his thankfulness.

[1:6]  ⁵ tn The referent is clearly God from the overall context of the paragraph and the mention of “the day of Christ Jesus” at the end, which would be redundant if Christ were referred to here.

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Or “among.”

[1:6]  ⁷ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[1:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

[2:15]  ⁹ tn Or “as stars in the universe.”

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “people.” However, if Jude is indeed arguing that Peter’s prophecy about false teachers has come true, these are most likely men in the original historical and cultural setting. See discussion of this point in the note on the phrase “these men” in 2 Pet 2:12.

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn “Among you” is not in the Greek text, but is obviously implied.

[1:4]  ¹² tn Or “in the past.” The adverb πάλαι (palai) can refer to either, though the meaning “long ago” is more common.

[1:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “written about.”

[1:4]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “for this condemnation.” τοῦτο (touto) is almost surely a kataphoric demonstrative pronoun, pointing to what follows in vv. 5-18. Otherwise, the condemnation is only implied (in v. 3b) or is merely a statement of their sinfulness (“ungodly” in v. 4b), not a judgment of it.

[1:4]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “debauchery.” This is the same word Peter uses to predict what the false teachers will be like (2 Pet 2:2, 7, 18).

[1:4]  ¹⁶ tc Most later witnesses (P Ψ Ï sy) have θεόν (qeon, “God”) after δεσπότην (despothn, “master”), which appears to be a motivated reading in that it explicitly links “Master” to “God” in keeping with the normal NT pattern (see Luke 2:29; Acts 4:24; 2 Tim 2:21; Rev 6:10). In patristic Greek, δεσπότης (despoth") was used especially of God (cf. BDAG 220 s.v. 1.b.). The earlier and better witnesses (Ì^72,78 א A B C 0251 33 81 323 1241 1739 al co) lack θεόν; the shorter reading is thus preferred on both internal and external grounds.

[1:4]  ¹⁷ tn The terms “Master and Lord” both refer to the same person. The construction in Greek is known as the Granville Sharp rule, named after the English philanthropist-linguist who first clearly articulated the rule in 1798. Sharp pointed out that in the construction article-noun-καί-noun (where καί [kai] = “and”), when two nouns are singular, personal, and common (i.e., not proper names), they always had the same referent. Illustrations such as “the friend and brother,” “the God and Father,” etc. abound in the NT to prove Sharp’s point. For more discussion see ExSyn 270-78. See also Titus 2:13 and 2 Pet 1:1

[1:19]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “these are the ones who cause divisions.”

[1:19]  ¹⁹ tn Or “natural,” that is, living on the level of instincts, not on a spiritual level (the same word occurs in 1 Cor 2:14 as a description of nonbelievers).

[1:19]  ²⁰ tn Grk “not having [the] Spirit.”