| 1:1 |
Jude, a bond servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: |
Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: |
| 1:3 |
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. |
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you exhorting that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. |
| 1:4 |
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:5 |
Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. |
Now I want to remind you, though you know all things, that Jesus, having once saved a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. |
| 1:7 |
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. |
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having gone after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. |
| 1:8 |
Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties. |
Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones. |
| 1:9 |
But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke you! |
But Michael the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke you! |
| 1:10 |
But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. |
But these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. |
| 1:11 |
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. |
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. |
| 1:14 |
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, |
But Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, |
| 1:16 |
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage. |
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of their own benefit. |
| 1:17 |
But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
But you, beloved, must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 1:19 |
These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly minded, devoid of the Spirit. |
These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly minded, not having the Spirit. |
| 1:21 |
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. |
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. |
| 1:22 |
And have mercy on some, who are doubting; |
And on some, who are doubting, have mercy; |
| 1:23 |
save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh. |
and for others, save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have mercy with fear, hating even the tunic polluted by the flesh. |
| 1:25 |
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. |
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. |