^{10 Ref} but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

^{11 Ref} whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

^{12 Ref} But these, as unreasoning creatures, born natural animals to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil in matters about which they are ignorant, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,

^{13 Ref} receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

^{14 Ref} having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;

^{15 Ref} forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing;

^{16 Ref} but he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with man's voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.

^{17 Ref} These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

^{18 Ref} For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;