The heretics claim to be religious teachers of note, but in reality their teaching has no substance because it is not true. They promise a freedom that does not exist and cannot provide any escape from the judgment to come. How sad isn't it that these folk know the truth of Christ and turn their back on him? Like animals they go back to what is dirty. They are worse off than what they were before.
17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.