| 1:1 |
JudeJudas, thea servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctifiedcalled, bybeloved in God the Father, and preservedkept infor Jesus Christ, and called: |
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Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. |
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Beloved, whenwhile I gavewas giving all diligence to write unto you of theour common salvation, itI was needfulconstrained for me to write unto you, andexhorting exhort you thatto yecontend should earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. |
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For there are certain men crept in unawaresprivily, even they who were before of old ordainedset toforth unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying theour only LordMaster God, and our Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:5 |
Now I willdesire thereforeto put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once knewfor thisall, how that the Lord, having saved thea people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. |
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And the angels which kept not their firstown estateprincipality, but left their ownproper habitation, he hath reservedkept in everlasting chainsbonds under darkness unto the judgmentjudgement of the great day. |
| 1:7 |
Even as Sodom and GomorrhaGomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner, givingwith these given themselves over to fornication, and goinggone after strange flesh, are set forth foras an example, suffering the vengeancepunishment of eternal fire. |
| 1:8 |
LikewiseYet alsoin like manner these filthyalso dreamersin their dreamings defile the flesh, despiseand set at nought dominion, and speakrail evilat of dignities. |
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YetBut Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusationjudgement, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. |
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But these speakrail evilat ofwhatsoever those things which they know not: butand what they knowunderstand naturally, aslike brutethe beastscreatures without reason, in thosethese things are they corrupt themselvesdestroyed. |
| 1:11 |
Woe unto them! for they havewent gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedilyriotously afterin the error of Balaam for rewardhire, and perished in the gainsaying of CoreKorah. |
| 1:12 |
These are spotsthey who are hidden rocks in your love feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feedingshepherds themselvesthat without fear: cloudsfeed theythemselves; areclouds without water, carried aboutalong ofby winds; autumn trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; |
| 1:13 |
RagingWild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, tofor whom is reserved the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever. |
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And Enochto these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comethcame with ten thousands of his saintsholy ones, |
| 1:15 |
Toto execute judgmentjudgement upon all, and to convinceconvict all thatthe are ungodly among them of all their ungodlyworks deedsof ungodliness which they have ungodly committedwrought, and of all theirthe hard speechesthings which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. |
| 1:16 |
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, havingshewing mensrespect of persons infor admirationthe becausesake of advantage. |
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But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which werehave been spoken before ofby the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
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Howhow that they toldsaid to you, thereIn shouldthe belast mockerstime inthere theshall lastbe timemockers, whowalking should walk after their own ungodly lusts. |
| 1:19 |
These beare they who separatemake themselvesseparations, sensual, having not the Spirit. |
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But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy GhostSpirit, |
| 1:21 |
Keepkeep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. |
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And ofon some have compassionmercy, makingwho aare difference:in doubt; |
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Andand otherssome save with fear, pullingsnatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. |
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Now unto him that is able to keepguard you from fallingstumbling, and to presentset you faultless before the presence of his glory withwithout blemish in exceeding joy, |
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Toto the only wise God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, and majesty, dominion and power, bothbefore all time, and now, and everfor evermore. Amen. |