Jude 1:19
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Cross-references
Isaiah 65:5 condemns those who claim holiness while separating themselves — a fitting portrait of the divisive, spiritually empty people Jude rebukes.
Romans 8:9 confirms that lacking the Spirit means not belonging to Christ, directly echoing the condition of Jude's divisive false teachers.
1 Corinthians 2:14 defines the 'natural person' who rejects spiritual truths — directly matching the 'worldly, devoid of the Spirit' in Jude.
1 Corinthians 6:19 affirms believers' bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, contrasting with Jude's false teachers who have no Spirit.
James 3:15 contrasts earthly, unspiritual wisdom with heavenly — identical to the psychikos (worldly) label Jude uses for divisive people.
Deuteronomy 13:13 describes worthless men who lead people astray, paralleling Jude's depiction of divisive false teachers.
Romans 16:17 also warns about those who cause divisions — same concern for unity in the church.
1 John 2:19 explains that false believers depart because they never truly belonged — illuminating the divisive, Spiritless people described here.
John 3:5-6 contrasts flesh and Spirit — reinforcing Jude's point that these divisive people lack the Spirit and are merely natural.
Galatians 5:16 exhorts walking in the Spirit — contrasting the worldly-mindedness of those devoid of the Spirit in Jude.
Hebrews 10:25 urges believers to meet together — contrasting with divisive people in Jude who cause splits and neglect fellowship.
Galatians 3:14 promises the Spirit to believers — opposite to Jude's description of those devoid of the Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:4 lists lovers of pleasure rather than God — similar worldly-mindedness as those in Jude.