2. Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way.
3. They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.
4. God did not have pity on the angels that sinned. He had them tied up and thrown into the dark pits of hell until the time of judgment.
5. And during Noah's time, God did not have pity on the ungodly people of the world. He destroyed them with a flood, though he did save eight people, including Noah, who preached the truth.
6. God punished the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and this is a warning to anyone else who wants to sin.
9. This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.
10. The Lord is especially hard on people who disobey him and don't think of anything except their own filthy desires. They are reckless and proud and are not afraid of cursing the glorious beings in heaven.
11. Although angels are more powerful than these evil beings, even the angels don't dare to accuse them to the Lord.
12. These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.