10 and especially those who indulge¹ in the lust of defiling passion and ^zdespise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

12 ^bBut these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, ^cblaspheming about ^dmatters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

18 For, ^lspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^mescaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are ⁿslaves¹ of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.