Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Jude 16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
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Quick Meaning
Jude applies the prophecy to grumbling, desire, boasting, and flattery for advantage.
Read It With
- Jude 14–16
Read Jude 14–16 as a complete section. Verses 14–15 form the Enochic judgment saying and verse 16 applies its language to the intruders' conduct.
Why This Verse Appears Here
After quoting the judgment saying, Jude identifies the concrete grumbling, desire, boasting, and flattery that make it relevant to the intruders.
What Remains True
Grumbling, desire-driven conduct, boastful speech, and flattery for gain display the ungodliness named in the prophecy.
How It Can Shape Life
- Audit speech for manipulation, self-exaltation, and favoritism rather than rewarding religious confidence alone.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jude 14–16 — Enoch's Judgment Saying Applied to the IntrudersSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact displayed KJV wording and immediate English context for Jude 14–16.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Jude 1, verses within Jude 14–16; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, clause relationships, and visible variation markers checked for the passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Jude.txt, verses within Jude 14–16.
Open the Jude Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Jude with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax questions, and textual variants checked for this passage.
Exact location: NET Bible, Jude 1, translator and textual notes attached to the verses in Jude 14–16.
Open source ↗