"After being away from Jerusalem for several years, I went there to take some money to my own people and to offer sacrifices.

"Do not speak evil of God, and do not curse a leader of your people.

Don't criticize the king, even silently, and don't criticize the rich, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said.

especially those who follow their filthy bodily lusts and despise God's authority. These false teachers are bold and arrogant, and show no respect for the glorious beings above; instead, they insult them.

In the same way also, these people have visions which make them sin against their own bodies; they despise God's authority and insult the glorious beings above.

Not even the chief angel Michael did this. In his quarrel with the Devil, when they argued about who would have the body of Moses, Michael did not dare condemn the Devil with insulting words, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"