1:9 天使長米迦勒為摩西的屍首與魔鬼爭辯的時候，尚且不敢用毀謗的話罪責他，只說：「主責備你吧！」
1:10 但這些人毀謗他們所不知道的。他們本性所知道的事與那沒有靈性的畜類一樣，在這事上竟敗壞了自己。
1:11 他們有禍了！因為走了該隱的道路，又為利往巴蘭的錯謬裡直奔，並在可拉的背叛中滅亡了。
1:12 這樣的人在你們的愛席上與你們同吃的時候，正是礁石（或譯：玷污）。他們作牧人，只知餵養自己，無所懼怕；是沒有雨的雲彩，被風飄蕩；是秋天沒有果子的樹，死而又死，連根被拔出來；
1:13 是海裡的狂浪，湧出自己可恥的沫子來；是流蕩的星，有墨黑的幽暗為他們永遠存留。
But when the archangel Michael, contending
with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to
pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." But
these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed
by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Woe to
them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake
of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as
they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless
clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead,
uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering
stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
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這段話讓人覺得充滿文學性的描述，讀來十分精彩！但是精彩歸精彩，重要是要勇敢去面對教會中那些不敬畏主又好批評的人，他們雖然是凶猛，但是面對上帝時，他們是一無所有，所以不要懼怕他們！
的確兇殘的人只是一時的，是虛有其表的紙老虎，信靠主的人不要為它們虛張聲勢的外表所嚇住！上帝與我們同在，無須害怕，無須驚嚇，信靠主必定贏過他們！
主阿！使教會的真基督徒靠主堅強站立，為主祢做美好見證，不受虛張聲勢的惡徒所嚇住，讓我們永不屈服那些作惡之人！
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