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These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.
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But you, beloved, must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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for they said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts."
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It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.
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But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
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