το ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ. Καὶ ἔχομεν βεβαιότερον τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον, ᾧ καλῶς ποιεῖτε προσέχοντες, ὡς λύχνῳ φαίνοντι ἐν αὐχμηρῷ τόπῳ, ἕως οὗ ἡμέρα διαυγάσῃ, καὶ φωσφόρος 2ο ἀνατείλῃ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν· τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκον τες, ὅτι πᾶσα προφητεία γραφῆς, ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως οὐ 21 γίνεται. οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη ποτὲ προφητεία, ἀλλ ̓ ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Αγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν οἱ ἅγιοι Θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι. 2 ΕΓΕΝΟΝΤΟ δὲ καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ὡς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσονται ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οἵτινες παρεισάξουσιν αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας, καὶ τὸν ἀγοράσαντα αὐτοὺς δεσπότην 2 ἀρνούμενοι, ἐπάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν αὐτῶν ταῖς ἀπωλείαις, δι' οὓς ἡ 3 ὁδὸς τῆς ἀληθείας βλασφημηθήσεται, καὶ ἐν πλεονεξία πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς ἐμπορεύσονται· οἷς τὸ κρίμα ἔκπαλαι 4 οὐκ ἀργεῖ, καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει. Εἰ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ἀγγέλων ἁμαρτησάντων οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ σειραῖς 5 ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν τετηρημένους· καὶ ἀρχαίου κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλ ̓ ὄγδοον Νῶε δικαιοσύνης 6 κήρυκα ἐφύλαξε, κατακλυσμὸν κόσμῳ ἀσεβῶν ἐπάξας· καὶ πόλεις Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας καταστροφῇ κατη έκρινεν, ὑπόδειγμα μελλόντων ἀσεβεῖν τεθεικώς· καὶ δίκαιον Λὼτ καταπονούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀθέσμων ἐν ἀπελ8 γείᾳ ἀναστροφῆς ἐρρύσατο· βλέμματι γὰρ καὶ ἀκοῇ ὁ δίκαιος, ἐγκατοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς, ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας ψυχὴν δι9 καίαν ἀνόμοις ἔργοις ἐβασάνιζεν οἶδε Κύριος εὐσεβεῖς ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῥύεσθαι, ἀδίκους δὲ εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως κολαζονα μένους τηρεῖν· μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους, καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας. Τολμηταὶ αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσι βλασφημοῦντες 2 ταῖς ἀσελγείαις, δι' οὓς Α. 4 κρίσιν τηρου 21 of om. Α. μένους· Α. 19 We have also a more ь See Ex. 3. 5. Josh. 5.15. c Ps. 119. 105. John 5. d Rev. 2. 28. in 35 of & 22. 16. See with him in the holy mount. sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye Matt. 17.6. take heed, as unto ca light that shineth in dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise 20 your hearts: knowing this first, that eno prophecy 21 the scripture is of any private interpretation. For e Rom. 12. 6. fthe prophecy came not 1in old time by the will man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 of 2 Cor. 4. 4, 6. f 2 Tim. 3. 10. 1 Pet. 1. 11. g 2 Sam. 23. Acts 1. 16. & 3. 18. Acts 20. 30. I I Tim. 4. I. 1 Cor. 11. 19. and 2 Tim. 3.1, 5. many Jude 18. whom & Jude 46 Gal. 3. 13. Heb. 10. 29. Rev. 5. 9. 1 John 4. I. d I Cor. 6. 20. Eph. 1. 7. 1 Pet. 1. 18. e Phil. 3. 19. 2 Cor. 12. 1 Tim. 6. 5. g 2 Cor. 2. Jude 4, 15. i BUT athere were false prophets also among the a Deut. 13. 1. people, even as there shall be false teachers among b Matt. 24 11. you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, 2 bring upon themselves swift destruction. And shall follow their 2 pernicious ways; by reason of 3 the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words & make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth f Rom. 16.18. 4 not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, 17, 18. but 'cast them down to hell, and delivered them into it... chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 17. ch. 1. 16. 5 and spared not the old world, but saved m Noah the Deut. 32.35. eighth person, na preacher of righteousness, bringing 6 in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; Pturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes 1 Luke 8. 31. condemned them with an overthrow, 4 making them an m Gen. 7. 1, ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; Heb. 11. 7. 7 and 'delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conver-n1 Pet. 3.19. 8 sation of the wicked: (for that righteous man dwell- ch.3.6. p Gen. 19. 24. ing among them, tin seeing and hearing, vexed his Deut. 29. 23. righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful Num. 26.10. 9 deeds;) "the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly s Wisd. 19.17. out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the 139, 158. 10 day of judgment to be punished: but chiefly them a Ps. 34. 17, that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise 3 government. y Presumptuous are they, self- 8, 10, 16. willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 1 Or, at any time. 3 Or, dominion. Jude 6. Job 4. 18. and k John 8. 44. 2 Or, lascivious ways, as some copies read. 1 John 3. 8. Rev. 20. 2, 3 7. 23. 1 Pet. 3. 20. Jude 7. r Gen. 19. 16. t Ps. 119. Ezek. 9 4. u 19. I Cor. y Jude 8. τι ὅπου ἄγγελοι ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες, οὐ φέ12 ρουσι κατ ̓ αὐτῶν παρὰ Κυρίῳ βλάσφημον κρίσιν. οὗτοι δὲ, ὡς ἄλογα ζωα φυσικὰ γεγεννημένα εἰς ἅλωσιν καὶ φθορὰν, ἐν οἷς ἀγνοοῦσι βλασφημοῦντες, ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ 13 αὐτῶν καταφθαρήσονται, κομιούμενοι μισθὸν ἀδικίας. Ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφὴν, σπῖλοι καὶ μῶμοι, ἐντρυφῶντες ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτῶν, συνευωχούμενοι 14 ὑμῖν, ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς μοιχαλίδος καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους ἁμαρτίας, δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους, καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίαις ἔχοντες, κατάρας τέκνα, 15 καταλιπόντες τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν, ἐπλανήθησαν, ἐξακολουθήσαντες τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς μισθὸν ἀδι16 κίας ἠγάπησεν, ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ιδίας παρανομίας· ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον, ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ φθεγξάμενον, ἐκώλυσε 17 τὴν τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν. Οὗτοί εἰσι πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι, νεφέλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι, οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ 18 σκότους εἰς αἰῶνα τετήρηται. Ὑπέρογκα γὰρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι, δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκὸς ἀσελ γείαις, τοὺς ὄντως ἀποφυγόντας τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ἀναστρε 19 φομένους, ελευθερίαν αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, αὐτοὶ δοῦ λοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς· ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ καὶ 20 δεδούλωται. Εἰ γὰρ ἀποφυγόντες τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κόσ μου, ἐν ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τούτοις δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἡττῶνται, γέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ 21 ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων. κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπι22 στρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς, συμβέβηκε δὲ αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς ἀληθοῦς παροιμίας, Κύων ἐπιστρέψας ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐξέραμα· καὶ, Ὣς λουσαμένη, εἰς κύλισμα βορβόρου. 11 Whereas zangels, which are greater in power and z Jude 9. might, bring not railing accusation 1against them be12 fore the Lord. But these, aas natural brute beasts, a Jer. 12. 3. made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly Jude 10. 13 perish in their own corruption; band shall receive the b Phil. 3. 19. reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it plea 13. 13. 20, 21. sure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and c See Rom. blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceiv-d Jude 12. 14 ings while they feast with you; having eyes full of e 1 Cor. II. 'adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: fan heart they have exercised with f Jude 11. 15 covetous practices; cursed children: which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of 8 Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the g Num. 22. 16 wages of unrighteousness; but was rebuked for his 28. Jude 11. iniquity the dumb ass speaking with man's voice 5, 7, 21, 23, 17 forbad the madness of the prophet. These are wells h Jude 12, 13. without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; ch. 1. 4. 1 Gal. 5. 13. Rom. 6. 16. Luke 11. 26. &c. & 10. to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, i Jude 16. they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped k Acts 2. 40. 19 from them who live in error. While they promise ver. 20. them liberty, they themselves are mthe servants of Pet. 2. 16. corruption for of whom a man is overcome, of them John 8. 34. 20 same is he brought in bondage. For nif after they nMatt. 12.45. have escaped the pollutions of the world Pthrough Heb. 6. 4, the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 26, 27. they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the ch.1.4. 21 latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For p ch. 1. 2. qit had been better for them not to have known the q Luke 12. 47, 48. way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, John 9. 41. to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto 22 them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit r Prov. 26. 11. again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. ver. & 15. 22. 1 Some read, against themselves. for a little, or, a while, as some read. 2 Gr. an adulteress. 3 Or, 5 σεως. 7 3 ΤΑΥΤΗΝ ἤδη, ἀγαπητοὶ, δευτέραν ὑμῖν γράφω ἐπι· στολὴν, ἐν αἷς διεγείρω ὑμῶν ἐν ὑπομνήσει τὴν εἰλικρινῆ 1 διάνοιαν μνησθῆναι τῶν προειρημένων ῥημάτων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ἡμῶν ἐντολῆς, 3 τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος· τοῦτο πρῶτον γινώσκοντες, ὅτι ἐλεύσονται ἐπ ̓ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐμπαῖκται, κατὰ τὰς 4 ἰδίας αὐτῶν ἐπιθυμίας πορευόμενοι καὶ λέγοντες, Ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ; ἀφ ̓ ἧς γὰρ οἱ πατέρες ἐκοιμήθησαν, πάντα οὕτω διαμένει ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κτίΛανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς τοῦτο θέλοντας, ὅτι οὐρανοὶ ἦσαν ἔκπαλαι, καὶ γῆ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ δι ̓ ὕδατος συνεστῶσα, στῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγῳ, δι ̓ ὧν ὁ τότε κόσμος ὕδατι κατα· κλυσθεὶς ἀπώλετο· οἱ δὲ νῦν οὐρανοὶ καὶ ἡ γῆ τῷ αὐτοῦ λόγῳ τεθησαυρισμένοι εἰσὶ, πυρὶ τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν 8 κρίσεως καὶ ἀπωλείας τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων. Εν δὲ τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς ἀγαπητοὶ, ὅτι μία ἡμέρα παρὰ 9 Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη, καὶ χίλια ἔτη ὡς ἡμέρα μία. οὐ βραδύνει ὁ Κύριος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, ὥς τινες βραδυτῆτα ἡγοῦνται· ἀλλὰ μακροθυμεῖ εἰς ἡμᾶς, μὴ βουλόμενός τινας ἀποτο λέσθαι, ἀλλὰ πάντας εἰς μετάνοιαν χωρῆσαι. Ἥξει δὲ ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ, ἐν ᾗ οἱ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιξηδὸν παρελεύσονται, στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσονται, τι καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα κατακαήσεται. Τούτων οὖν πάντων λυομένων, ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς ἐν ἁγίαις 12 ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις; προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι ̓ ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται, καὶ στοιχεία καυσούμενα τήκεται. 13 Καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινὴν κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα 14 αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν, ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ. διὸ ἀγαπητοὶ, ταῦτα προσδοκώντες, σπουδάσατε ἄσπιλοι καὶ 2 ἀποστόλων ὑμῶν ἐντ. D. 3 ἡμερῶν ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ ἐμπ. Β. ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν tr. A. 7 τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ D. Ο βραδύνει κύριος Β. εἰς ὑμᾶς μὴ vel δι' ὑμᾶς μὴ C. 14 καὶ ἄμωμοι D. το ἐν νυκτὶ om. Α. ἐν ᾗ οὐρανοὶ Β. |