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1:16These people are grumblers and76 fault-finders who go77 wherever their desires lead them,78 and they give bombastic speeches,79 enchanting folks80 for their own gain.81

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  1. 76 “And” is not in Greek, but is supplied for the sake of English style.
  2. 77 Or “going.” Though the participle is anarthrous, so also is the subject. Thus, the participle could be either adverbial or adjectival.
  3. 78 Grk “(who go/going) according to their own lusts.”
  4. 79 Grk “and their mouth speaks bombastic things.” They give bombastic speeches. The idiom of opening one’s mouth in the NT often implied a public oration from a teacher or one in authority. Cf. Matt 5:2; Luke 4:22; Acts 1:16; 3:18; 10:34; Eph 6:19; Rev 13:5–6.
  5. 80 Enchanting folks (Grk “awing faces”) refers to the fact that the speeches of these false teachers are powerful and seductive.
  6. 81 Or “to their own advantage.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

NLTNew Living Translation

These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

These people are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous words, showing partiality to gain an advantage.

KJV 1900King James Version

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.