The Letter from Jude, Chapter 1
{1:1} [1>]Jude,[<1] a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,
to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for
Jesus Christ: {1:2} Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.
{1:3} Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our
common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to
contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to
the saints. {1:4} For there are certain men who crept in secretly,
even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation:
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying
our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
{1:5} Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that
the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed those who didn't believe. {1:6} Angels who didn't keep their
first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
{1:7} Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having,
in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality
and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering
the punishment of eternal fire. {1:8} Yet in the same way, these also
in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander
celestial beings. {1:9} But Michael, the archangel, when contending
with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring
against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke
you!" {1:10} But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know.
What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason,
they are destroyed in these things. {1:11} Woe to them! For they went
in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire,
and perished in Korah's rebellion. {1:12} These are hidden rocky reefs
in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without
fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds;
autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
{1:13} wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering
stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
{1:14} About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied,
saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
{1:15} to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of
all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against
him." {1:16} These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their
lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of
persons to gain advantage.
{1:17} But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken
before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. {1:18} They said to
you that "In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their
own ungodly lusts." {1:19} These are they who cause divisions, and are
sensual, not having the Spirit. {1:20} But you, beloved, keep building
up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
{1:21} Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. {1:22} On some have compassion,
making a distinction, {1:23} and some save, snatching them out of the
fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
{1:24} Now to him who is able to keep [2>]them[<2] from stumbling,
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great
joy, {1:25} to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:1} or, Judah
[2] {1:24} TR and NU read "you"
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