Jude 1:18 (GNV)

Passage

How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their owne lustes: Whose mouthes speake proud things, hauing mens persons in admiration, because of aduantage.

Jude 1:17 But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,

Jude 1:18 How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes.

Jude 1:19 These are they that separate them selues from other, naturall, hauing not the Spirit.

Jude 1:20 But, yee beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "told", "should", "mockers", "last", "time", "walke", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "told" and "should", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "But yee beloued remember the wordes which..." into verse 19's "These are they that separate them selues...", so "told" and "should" belong inside that flow. In Jude context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "told" and "should" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.