treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Parallel translations
- WEB traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
- KJV Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
- BSB traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- NKJV traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- NLT They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
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Quick answer
They will be treacherous, reckless, conceited, and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. Misplaced love, choosing pleasure over God, lies at the root of this corruption.
Overview
The catalog climaxes with the contrast that defines it: love of pleasure displacing love of God. This inversion of right affection summarizes the spiritual disorder of the last days. It exposes the idolatry of self and pleasure that opposes wholehearted devotion to the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 1 Tim 3:6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
- Jude 1:4For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Phil 3:18–19For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
- 2 Pet 2:10–22but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
- Jude 1:8–9Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.
- Jude 1:19These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.
- Rom 16:18For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
- 1 Tim 5:6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
- Rom 11:20True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
- 1 Tim 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
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