Jude 1:18
in Jude 1when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.
KJV
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
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This verse in Jude 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verseJude got this from Peter's second letter, where he talks about Paul's writings, for Paul has a lot to say about this.
This site's exposition
remember what was foretold by the apostles
on Jude 1:17-19
But you, beloved, turns from the intruders to the church, and verse 18 gives the apostles' warning in 2 Peter 3:3 and 2 Timothy 3. Verse 19 marks the scoffers in three strokes: they cause divisions, they are worldly, psuchikoi, and they are devoid of the Spirit.
This site's exposition
In the last times there will be scoffers
The warning Jude cites stands close to 2 Peter 3:3, where in the last days scoffers will come. Oecumenius takes the words as Peter's and Paul's, and reads verse 17 as a sign the letter was written after the apostles had died.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"remember the words spoken beforehand by the apostles," those by Peter in the second Epistle, and by Paul in almost every epistle. From this, it is clear that this was written last after the apostles had passed away.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
How that they told you that there should be mockers in the last time,.... See Gill on 2Pe 3:3.
Exhorts them to perseverance in the faith, fervency in prayer, watchfulness against falling from the love of God, and a lively hope of eternal life,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Mockers in the last time - See the notes on 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:1 (note), etc.; and particularly 2Pe 3:2 , 2Pe 3:3 (note), etc., to which Jude seems to refer. The last time. - The conclusion of the Jewish polity.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
mockers--In the parallel, 2Pe 3:3, the same Greek is translated, "scoffers." The word is found nowhere else in the New Testament.
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The words behind it
17 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ἔλεγον | elegon | they were saying | G3004 → | |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | on | G1909 → | |
| ἐσχάτου | eschatou | [this] last | G2078 → | |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χρόνου | chronou | time | G5550 → | |
| ἔσονται | esontai | there will be | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ἐμπαῖκται | empaiktai | scoffers | G1703 → | |
| κατὰ | kata | after | G2596 → | 468 times |
| τὰς | tas | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἑαυτῶν | he'auton | their own | G1438 → | 322 times |
| ἐπιθυμίας | epithumias | passions | G1939 → | |
| πορευόμενοι | poreuomenoi | following | G4198 → | 147 times |
| τῶν | ton | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀσεβειῶν. | asebeion | of ungodlinesses. | G763 → |
ὅτιfor
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἔλεγονthey were saying
elegonG3004 →
ὑμῖνto you
huminG4771 →2973 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἐπ᾽on
ep᾽G1909 →
ἐσχάτου[this] last
eschatouG2078 →
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
χρόνουtime
chronouG5550 →
ἔσονταιthere will be
esontaiG1510 →2333 times
ἐμπαῖκταιscoffers
empaiktaiG1703 →
κατὰafter
kataG2596 →468 times
τὰς<the>
tasG3588 →19766 times
ἑαυτῶνtheir own
he'autonG1438 →322 times
ἐπιθυμίαςpassions
epithumiasG1939 →
πορευόμενοιfollowing
poreuomenoiG4198 →147 times
τῶν<the>
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀσεβειῶν.of ungodlinesses.
asebeionG763 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
- 2 Timothy 3:1–6
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- 1 Timothy 4:1–3
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
Through
2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 1 Timothy 4:1
Through
2 Peter 3:3Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:1–2
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 2 Peter 2:10
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
- 1 Timothy 4:1–2
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About Jude

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Andreas of Caesarea, CATENA; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Jude.
