8(Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
9The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
10But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
11Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.
12But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
13For 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;
14Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;