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1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those
who are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ,
and called: 2Mercy to you and peace and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common
salvation, it was needful for me to write to you and exhort you
that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered
to the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unaware, who
were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God and our
Lord Jesus Christ. 5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though
you once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the
land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6And
the angels who did not keep their first estate, but left their own habitation,
he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the
great day. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them
in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange
flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion and speak evil of dignities. 9Yet Michael the
archangel, when contending with the devil disputed about the body of Moses,
did not dare to bring a railing accusation against him, but said, The Lord
rebuke you. 10But these speak evil of those things which they
do not know: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things
they corrupt themselves. 11Woe to them! for they have gone in
the way of Cain and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward and
perished in the gainsaying of Korah. 12These are spots in your
feasts of love, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear:
they are clouds without water, carried about by winds; trees whose
fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering
stars, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever.
14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,
saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints,
15To execute judgment on all and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking
after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words,
having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17But,
beloved, remember the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there would be mockers
in the last time, who would walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19These are those who separate themselves, sensual, not having
the Spirit. 20But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21Keep yourselves
in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal
life. 22And on some have compassion, making a difference:
23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the
fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24Now to him
who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the
only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and for ever. Amen.
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