Jude 1
1
Greeting
1Jude, # Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3 a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:
To those who are the called, # Rm 1:7; 1Co 1:24 loved # Other mss read sanctified # 1Th 1:4; 2Th 2:13 by God the Father and kept by 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 and exhort 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 men, who were designated for this judgment 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 promiscuity 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, though you know all these things: The Lord # Other mss read Jesus/Joshua, God, or God Christ first # Other mss place first after remind you saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; # 1Co 10:1-11 6and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels # Gn 6:1-4; 2Pt 2:4 who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling. 7In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah # 2Pt 2:6 and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions, # Lit and went after other flesh just as angels did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. # 2Th 1:8
8Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. # 2Pt 2:10 9Yet Michael # Dn 10:13,21; 12:1; Rv 12:7 the archangel, # Lk 1:19; 1Th 4:16 when he was disputing with the Devil # Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10 in a debate about Moses’ # Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you! ” 10But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals — they destroy themselves with these things. 11Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, # Gn 4:1-17,24-25; Heb 11:4; 1Jn 3:12 have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam # Nm 22:5; 2Pt 2:15 for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion. # Nm 16:1
The Apostates’ Doom
12These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs # Or like spots at your love feasts. # 1Co 11:17-22; 2Pt 2:13 They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; # Pr 25:14 trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots; 13wild 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
14And Enoch, # Gn 5:18 in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:
Look! The Lord comes # Or came
with 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 them # Lit convict all
of all their ungodly # 2Pt 2:5-6 acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.
16These people are discontented grumblers, walking 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 walking according to their own ungodly desires.” 19These people create divisions and are unbelievers, # Or natural # 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 and pray 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 expecting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22Have mercy on those who doubt; 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, blameless # 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, # Other mss omit through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, # Other mss omit before all time now and forever. Amen.
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Judah (Jude) 1
1
Greeting
1Judah, a slave of Yeshua the Messiah and brother of Jacob, To those who are called, who are loved in God the Father, and kept safe for Yeshua the Messiah:
2May mercy and shalom and love be multiplied to you!
Contend for the Faith with the Ungodly
3Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim.
4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
5Now I wish to remind you—though you have come to know all things —that the Lord, once having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
6And the angels—who did not keep their own position of authority but deserted their proper place—He has kept in everlasting shackles under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great Day.
7In the same way as these angels, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them—having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after a different sort of flesh—are displayed as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
8Yet in the same way these people also, by their visionary dreaming, defile the flesh, reject the Lord’s authority, and defame glorious beings.
9But when Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to render a judgment against him for slander, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
10But these people slander whatever they do not understand. And whatever they do understand instinctively—like animals without reason—by these things they are destroyed.
11Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.
12These people are hidden rocky reefs at your love feasts—shamelessly feasting with you, tending only to themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, doubly dead, uprooted;
13wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
14It was also about these people that Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with myriads of His kedoshim,
15to execute judgment against all. He will convict all the ungodly for all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and for all of the harsh things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
16These are bellyaching grumblers, following after their own desires. Their mouth speaks grandiose things, showing favoritism for the sake of gain.
17But you, loved ones, ought to remember the words previously proclaimed by the emissaries of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah—
18how they kept telling you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly desires.”
19These are the ones who cause divisions—worldly-minded, not having the Ruach
20But you, loved ones, continue building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
21Keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly waiting for the mercy of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah that leads to eternal life.
22And have mercy on those who are wavering—
23save them by snatching them out of the fire; but on others have mercy with fear—hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
Hymn to God Our Savior
24Now to the One who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,
25to the only God our Savior, through Yeshua the Messiah our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, both now and forever. Amen.
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