Jude 1:16 meaning and explanation

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

Jude 1:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Jude is describing the false teachers who had slipped into the congregation, and here he sums up their character. The Greek word for grumbler, gongystes, echoes Israel murmuring in the wilderness.

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