¹³ For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

¹³ With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

⁸ But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

⁹ Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

⁴ And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

⁶ Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.

¹² These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

¹³ Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

¹⁴ The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,

¹⁵ To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

¹⁶ These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

¹⁵ Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;

² Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment;

³ What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

¹⁴ Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:

⁷ For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

²⁷ And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

²⁰ But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

²¹ For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

²² What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

¹¹ Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

⁷ You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.