Jude 1
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1Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: 2Mercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied.
3Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. 4For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly persons, turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. 5But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed. 6And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to the judgment of the great day; 7as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
8Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities. 9But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against him, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; 13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. 14And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, the Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
15to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit. 17But ye, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18that they said to you, that at the end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses. 19These are they who set themselves apart, natural men, not having the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference, 23but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you with exultation blameless before his glory, 25to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Jude 1
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Greeting
1Jude,#Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3 a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:
To those who are the called,#Rm 1:7; 1Co 1:24 loved#1 Other mss read sanctified#1Th 1:4; 2Th 2:13 by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.#Jn 17:11,15; 1Th 5:23; 1Pt 1:5
2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.#1Pt 1:2; 2Pt 1:2
Jude’s Purpose in Writing
3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,#Ti 1:4 I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith#1Tm 6:12; 2Tm 4:7 that was delivered#2Pt 2:21 to the saints once for all. 4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago,#4 Or whose judgment was written about long ago#1Pt 2:8 have come in by stealth;#Gl 2:4; 2Tm 3:6 they are ungodly,#Mk 7:22; Rm 5:6 turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying#Ti 1:16; 2Pt 2:1; 1Jn 2:22 Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Apostates: Past and Present
5Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus#5 Other mss read the Lord, or God saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;#1Co 10:1–11 6and the angels#Gn 6:1–4; 2Pt 2:4 who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day. 7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah#2Pt 2:6 and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions,#7 Or and went after other flesh and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.#2Th 1:8
8In the same way these people — relying on their dreams — defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones.#2Pt 2:10 9Yet when Michael#Dn 10:13,21; 12:1; Rv 12:7 the archangel#Lk 1:19; 1Th 4:16 was disputing with the devil#Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10 in an argument about Moses’s#Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct — like irrational animals — by these things they are destroyed. 11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain,#Gn 4:1–17,24–25; Heb 11:4; 1Jn 3:12 have plunged into Balaam’s error#Nm 22:5; 2Pt 2:15 for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.#Nm 16:1
The Apostates’ Doom
12These people are dangerous reefs#12 Or are like blemishes at your love feasts#1Co 11:17–22; 2Pt 2:13 as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;#Pr 25:14 trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted. 13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars#Is 14:12–15; Rv 1:16; 8:10; 9:1 for whom the blackness of darkness#Mt 6:23; Jd 6 is reserved forever.#2Pt 2:17
14It was about these that Enoch,#Gn 5:18 in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: “Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones#Dt 33:2; Dn 7:10; Mk 8:38; 1Th 3:13; 2Th 1:7; Heb 12:22 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly#2Pt 2:5–6 concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.” 16These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires;#2Pt 2:10 their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering#Lv 19:15; Dt 10:17; 2Ch 19:7; Pr 28:21 people for their own advantage.
17But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18They told you, “In the end time#1Tm 4:1; 2Tm 3:1; 1Pt 1:5,20 there will be scoffers#2Pt 3:3 living according to their own ungodly desires.” 19These people create divisions and are worldly,#Rm 8:9; Php 3:3 not having the Spirit.
Exhortation and Benediction
20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,#Rm 8:15–16,26–27; Eph 6:18 21keep yourselves in the love of God,#Jn 15:9–10; 1Jn 4:16 waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22Have mercy on those who waver; 23save others by snatching them from the fire;#1Co 3:15; 2Th 1:8 have mercy on others but with fear,#Rv 11:11 hating#Pr 6:16–19 even the garment#Zch 3:3–4 defiled by the flesh.
24Now to him#Rm 16:25; Eph 3:20 who is able to protect you from stumbling#Jn 17:12 and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish#Eph 1:4; 5:27; Php 2:15; Col 1:22 and with great joy, 25to the only#Jn 5:44; Rm 16:27 God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,#25 Other mss omit through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time,#25 Other mss omit before all time now and forever. Amen.
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