Jude 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:10

But these speak evil of those things which they know not - These false and corrupt teachers employ reproachful language of those things which lie wholly beyond the reach of their vision. Notes, 2 Peter 2:12.But what they know naturally - As mere men; as animals; that is, in things pertaining to their physical nature, or in which they are on a level with the brute creation. The reference is to the natural instincts, the impulses of appetite, and passion, and sensual pleasure. The idea of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:10-11

Judges 1:10-11. But these Without any shame; speak evil of those things which they know not Namely, the things of God; of whose nature and excellence, truth and importance, they are entirely ignorant. See on 1 Corinthians 2:14. But what they know naturally as brute beasts By instinct, as animals void of reason; in those things they corrupt themselves They make them occasions of sin: or, they are corrupted by the gross and scandalous abuse of them, to the dishonour of God, and their own... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jude 1:1-16

CONTENTS OF THE LETTERCondemnation of the false teachers (1-16)Jude had intended to write about more general matters concerning the Christian faith, but when he heard of the activities of evil teachers he changed his mind. He now feels that it is more important to encourage the Christians to hold firmly to the truth they first heard and to fight against those who want to destroy it. Punishment is certain for those who distort the true teaching of the gospel in order to give themselves the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jude 1:10

know . App-132 . naturally . Greek. phusikos. Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:12 . brute . See 2 Peter 2:12 . in . App-104 . corrupt themselves = are destroyed. Greek. phtheiro. See 1 Corinthians 3:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jude 1:10

But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things they are destroyed.But these rail ... Fools rush in where the archangel did not dare to go, human stupidity in such conduct reaching some kind of a summit.And what they understand naturally ... Far from having any superior wisdom, these licentious Gnostics were totally blind to all of the highest knowledge; and the things which they could not help knowing,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:10

Jude 1:10. But these speak evil, &c.— Whereas these men rail against things which they do not indeed understand; but what things they understand naturally, like animals destitute of reason, in these things they are corrupted. See 2 Peter 2:11-12; 2 Peter 2:22. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:10

( :-.)those things which — Greek, “all things whatsoever they understand not,” namely, the things of the spiritual world.but what ... naturally — Connect thus, “Whatever (so the Greek) things naturally (by natural, blind instinct), as the unreasoning (so the Greek) animals, they know,” etc. The Greek for the former “know” implies deeper knowledge; the latter “know,” the mere perception of the “animal senses and faculties.” read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:5-16

III. WARNINGS AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS VV. 5-16"The brief epistle of Jude is without parallel in the New Testament for its vehement denunciation of libertines and apostates." [Note: Hiebert, Second Peter . . ., p. 185.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:8-16

B. Present Failures vv. 8-16Jude next expounded the errors of the false teachers in his day to warn his readers even more strongly. A feature of Jude’s style is that he referred to certain Old Testament types (Judges 1:5-7; Judges 1:11) or prophecies (Judges 1:14-15; Judges 1:17-18) and then proceeded to interpret them as fulfilled by the false teachers (Judges 1:8-10; Judges 1:12-13; Judges 1:16; Judges 1:19)."Following his illustrations of the past fate of apostates (Judges 1:5-7), Jude turns... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:10

The things the false teachers did not understand but reviled probably refer to aspects of God’s revealed will that they chose to reject (cf. 1 Corinthians 2:7-16)."Jude, like his brother James, denounces the sins of the tongue frequently in this short letter." [Note: Richard Wolff, A Commentary on the Epistle of Jude, pp. 91-92. Cf. 1 Corinthians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11; 1 Corinthians 2:15-16.] What the false teachers did understand was the gratification of the flesh, and that would destroy... read more

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