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Jude, a slaveservant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept byfor Jesus Christ. |
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Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, andappealing exhortto you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. |
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For some menpeople, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuitysensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. |
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Now I want to remind you, thoughalthough you came to know all these things: Theonce Lordand firstfor all, that Jesus saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; |
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and Hethe hasangels kept,who withdid eternalnot chainskeep intheir darknessown forposition thebut judgmentabandoned oftheir theproper great daydwelling, thehe angelshas whokept didin noteternal keepchains theirin owndeep positiondarkness butfor desertedthe theirjudgment properon dwellingthe great day. |
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In the same wayLikewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the citiessurrounding aroundtowns them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions, just as angels did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. |
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Nevertheless,In the same way these dreamerspeople likewise— relying on their dreams — defile their flesh, reject authority, and blasphemeslander glorious ones. |
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Yet when Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devildevil in aan debateargument about Moses’s body, he did not dare bringutter ana abusiveslanderous condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
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But these people blaspheme anything they don’tdo not understand. WhatAnd what they knowdo understand by instinct — like unreasoningirrational animals —they destroyby themselvesthese withthings thesethey thingsare destroyed. |
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Woe to them! For they have traveledgone in the way of Cain, have abandonedplunged themselvesinto toBalaam’s the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion. |
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These arepeople the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. Theyas feastthey eat with you, nurturingwithout reverence. They are shepherds who only themselveslook withoutafter fearthemselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead, pulledand outuprooted. by the roots; |
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They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!. |
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AndIt was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them: “Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of Hishis holy ones |
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to execute judgment on all and to convict themall ofthe ungodly concerning all theirthe ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and ofconcerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against Him.him.” |
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These people are discontented grumblers, walkingliving according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage. |
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But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;. |
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theyThey told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers walkingliving according to their own ungodly desires.” |
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These people create divisions and are unbelieversworldly, not having the Spirit. |
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But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, andpraying pray in the Holy Spirit, |
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keep yourselves in the love of God, expectingwaiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. |
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Have mercy on those who doubtwaver; |
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Now to Himhim who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of Hishis glory, blamelesswithout blemish and with great joy, |