| 1:1 |
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to themthose thatwho are called, belovedsanctified inby God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: |
| 1:2 |
MercyMay untomercy, you and peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| 1:3 |
Beloved, while I was givingvery alleager diligence to write untoto you ofabout our common salvation, I was constrained to write untoto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered untoto the saints. |
| 1:4 |
For there are certain men who crept in privilysecretly, even theythose who were oflong oldago written ofabout beforehandfor unto this condemnation,: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousnessindecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:5 |
Now I desire to putremind you in remembrance, though yeyou already know all things once for allthis, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed themthose thatwho believeddidnt notbelieve. |
| 1:6 |
AndAngels angelswho thatdidnt keptkeep not their ownfirst principalitydomain, but leftdeserted their properown habitationdwelling place, he hathhas kept in everlasting bonds under darkness untofor the judgment of the great day. |
| 1:7 |
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities aboutaround them, having in likethe mannersame withway as these given themselves over to fornicationsexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are setshown forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. |
| 1:8 |
Yet in likethe mannersame way, these also in their dreamingsdreaming defile the flesh, anddespise set at nought dominionauthority, and railslander atcelestial dignitiesbeings. |
| 1:9 |
But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil heand disputedarguing about the body of Moses, durstdared not bring against him aan railingabusive judgmentcondemnation, but said, TheMay the Lord rebuke thee.you! |
| 1:10 |
But these railspeak atevil whatsoeverof whatever things they dont know. not:They andare whatdestroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. |
| 1:11 |
Woe untoto them! forFor they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in theKorahs gainsaying of Korahrebellion. |
| 1:12 |
These are theyhidden whorocky arereefs hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds thatwho without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees 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 hathhas been reserved for everforever. |
| 1:14 |
AndAbout to 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 uponon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly wroughtway, 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 speakethspeaks greatproud swelling words, things—showing respect of persons forto thegain sake of advantage. |
| 1:17 |
But yeyou, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;. |
| 1:18 |
thatThey they said to you, In the last time there shallwill be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. |
| 1:19 |
These are theythose who makecause separations,divisions and are sensual, not having not the Spirit. |
| 1:20 |
But yeyou, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,. |
| 1:21 |
keepKeep yourselves in theGods love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ untoto eternal life. |
| 1:22 |
AndOn on some have mercycompassion, whomaking area in doubt;distinction, |
| 1:23 |
and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear;, hating even the garmentclothing spottedstained by the flesh. |
| 1:24 |
Now untoto him thatwho is able to guardkeep youthem from stumbling, and to setpresent you faultless before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceedinggreat joy, |
| 1:25 |
to the only God our SaviourSavior, throughwho Jesusalone Christis our Lordwise, be glory, and majesty, dominion and power, beforeboth all time, and now, and for evermoreforever. Amen. |