spilas denotes reefs, used of hazards among communal love-feasts in Jude 1:12.

The attested use presents reefs as a hazard within the setting of communal love-feasts, alongside a sequence of negative images in Jude 1:12.

1. Reefs as hidden hazards · dominant

   In Jude 1:12, the nominative plural feminine form occurs in the opening identification of certain people; the APB renders the clause "These are reefs in your loves," before describing them as feasting fearlessly and shepherding themselves.

   Jude 1:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jude 1:12 the APB presents the term as "reefs" in the clause "These are reefs in your loves." This rendering is read alongside the verse's wider imagery rather than as a precise lexical equation.