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16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit.

17 But *ye*, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

18 that they said to you, that at [the] end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses.

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16 These people are grumblers(A) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(B) they boast(C) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(D) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(E) 18 They said to you, “In the last times(F) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(G)

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