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Jude, a
servant of Jesus Christ and a
brother of James, To those
who
are called,
loved
by God the Father, and kept
in Jesus Christ:
Jude, the
servant of Jesus Christ ,
and brother of James, to them
that
are sanctified
by God the Father, and preserved
in Jesus Christ ,
and
called
:
Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to
you
.
Mercy unto
you
, and
peace, and love ,
be multiplied.
Beloved, although
I made
every
effort
to write to
you about
the salvation we
share
, I
felt
it necessary
to write and urge
you to
contend
earnestly for the faith entrusted
once for
all
to
the saints.
Beloved, when
I gave
all
diligence
to write unto
you of
the common
salvation, it was
needful
for
me
to write unto
you,
and exhort
you that
ye
should
earnestly contend
for the faith which
was
once delivered
unto
the saints.
For certain men have
crept in among
you
unnoticed—ungodly
ones
who were designated
long
ago
for
condemnation .
They
turn
the grace of our God into a
license
for
immorality
, and they
deny
our
only Master
and
Lord, Jesus Christ.
For there
are
certain men crept in unawares,
who were before
of
old
ordained
to
this
condemnation ,
ungodly
men,
turning
the grace of our God into lasciviousness
, and denying
the
only Lord God
, and
our
Lord
Jesus Christ.
Although
you are
fully
aware
of
this, I
want
to
remind
you
that after
Jesus
had
delivered
His
people out of the land of Egypt, He
destroyed those
who
did
not believe
.
I
will
therefore
put
you in
remembrance,
though
ye
once
knew
this, how
that the
Lord,
having
saved
the
people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed them
that
believed
not.
And the angels who
did
not stay
within
their own
domain
but abandoned
their proper
dwelling—these
He has
kept
in eternal
chains under darkness ,
bound
for
judgment on
that
great day.
And the angels which
kept
not their first
estate,
but left
their own
habitation,
he hath
reserved
in everlasting
chains under darkness unto
the
judgment of
the
great day.
In
like
manner,
Sodom and Gomorrah
and the cities around
them ,
who
indulged
in sexual
immorality
and pursued
strange flesh, are on
display
as
an example of
those
who
sustain
the punishment
of eternal fire.
Even
as
Sodom and Gomorrha,
and the cities about
them in like
manner,
giving
themselves
over
to
fornication,
and going
after
strange flesh, are set
forth
for
an example ,
suffering
the vengeance
of eternal fire.
Yet
in
the
same
way
these dreamers defile their
bodies
, reject
authority
, and slander
glorious
beings
.
Likewise
also
these filthy
dreamers defile the
flesh
, despise
dominion
, and speak
evil
of
dignities
.
But
even
the archangel Michael
, when he
disputed
with the devil over
the body of Moses, did
not presume
to
bring a
slanderous
charge
against him, but said, “
The Lord rebuke you!”
Yet
Michael
the archangel, when contending
with the devil he
disputed
about
the body of Moses, durst
not bring against him a
railing
accusation
, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
These men,
however,
slander
what
they do
not understand
, and
like
irrational
animals
, they
will
be
destroyed
by
the
things they do
instinctively
.
But
these speak
evil
of
those
things
which
they know
not :
but
what
they
know
naturally
, as
brute
beasts
, in
those
things they corrupt
themselves
.
Woe to
them! They have traveled
the path
of Cain ;
they
have
rushed
headlong
into
the error of Balaam ;
they
have
perished in Korah’s
rebellion
.
Woe unto
them! for
they have gone
in
the way
of Cain ,
and
ran
greedily
after
the error of Balaam for
reward,
and
perished in the
gainsaying
of
Core
.
These men
are hidden
reefs
in your love
feasts, shamelessly
feasting
with you but
shepherding
only
themselves .
They are clouds
without water, carried along
by
the
wind
; fruitless
trees in
autumn
, twice dead after
being
uprooted.
These are spots
in your feasts of
charity
, when
they
feast
with you ,
feeding
themselves without
fear:
clouds
they are without water, carried about
of
winds
; trees whose
fruit
withereth
, without
fruit,
twice dead ,
plucked
up
by
the
roots;
They
are
wild
waves of the sea, foaming up
their own shame; wandering stars, for
whom blackest
darkness
has
been
reserved forever
.
Raging
waves of the sea, foaming out
their own shame; wandering stars, to
whom is
reserved the
blackness
of
darkness
for
ever
.
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also
prophesied about
them:
“
Behold, the Lord is
coming
with myriads
of His holy
ones
And
Enoch also
, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these,
saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh
with ten
thousands
of his saints,
to execute judgment on
everyone
, and to convict
all the
ungodly of every
ungodly act
of
wickedness
and every
harsh
word
spoken against Him by
ungodly
sinners
. ”
To execute judgment upon
all
, and to convince
all that
are
ungodly among
them
of all
their
ungodly deeds
which
they
have
ungodly
committed,
and of
all
their
hard
speeches
which
ungodly
sinners
have
spoken against him.
These men
are discontented
grumblers
, following
after their own lusts; their
mouths
spew
arrogance;
they
flatter
others
for
their own
advantage.
These are murmurers
, complainers,
walking
after their own lusts; and
their mouth
speaketh
great
swelling
words,
having
men's
persons
in
admiration
because
of
advantage.
But you
, beloved, remember what
was
foretold
by
the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
But, beloved, remember ye
the words
which
were
spoken
before
of
the
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ;
when
they said
to
you ,
“
In the last times
there
will
be
scoffers
who will
follow
after their own ungodly desires
. ”
How
that
they told
you there
should
be
mockers
in the last time,
who should
walk
after their own ungodly lusts
.
These are
the
ones
who cause
divisions
, who
are
worldly
and
devoid
of
the Spirit.
These be
they
who separate
themselves
, sensual,
having
not
the Spirit.
But you
, beloved, by
building yourselves
up in
your most holy faith and
praying in the Holy Spirit
,
But ye
, beloved, building up yourselves
on
your most holy faith ,
praying in the Holy Ghost
,
keep yourselves in the love of God as
you
await
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to
bring
you
eternal life.
Keep yourselves in the love of God ,
looking
for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
eternal life.
And indeed,
have mercy
on
those
who
doubt;
And of
some
have compassion,
making
a
difference:
save
others
by
snatching
them
from
the
fire;
and to
still
others show
mercy
tempered
with fear, hating even the clothing
stained
by the flesh.
And others save
with fear, pulling
them
out
of
the
fire;
hating even the garment
spotted
by the flesh.
Now to
Him who
is able to keep you from stumbling
and to present you unblemished
in
His
glorious
presence ,
with great
joy —
Now unto
him that
is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless
before
the
presence of
his
glory
with exceeding
joy ,
to the only God our Savior
be glory ,
majesty, dominion ,
and authority
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
before
all
time
, and
now ,
and for
all
eternity
. Amen.
To the only wise
God our Saviour,
be glory and
majesty, dominion and power
, both
now and ever
. Amen.
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