there should be mockers in the last time The word for "mockers" is found in 2 Peter 3:3, but the general character of those described agrees with the picture drawn in 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 3:1. St Jude, it will be noted, does not dwell on the specific form of mockery, the taunts as to the delay in the second coming of the Lord, on which St Peter lays stress.

walk after their own ungodly lusts Literally, after the lusts of their own impieties. The last word adds a special feature to the description already given, in nearly the same words, in Jude 1:16.

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