Jude 1 (LSV) · Opened

1Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those called, having been loved in God the Father, and having been kept in Jesus Christ,Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

2mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you!Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

3Beloved, using all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting you to fight for the faith once delivered to the holy ones,Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

4for there came in certain men stealthily, having been written beforehand to this judgment long ago, impious, perverting the grace of our God to licentiousness, and denying our only Master and Lord—Jesus Christ.For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5Now I intend to remind you, you once having known all this, that Jesus, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, He secondly destroyed those not having believed;Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

6messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but left their proper dwelling, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness until the judgment of the great day,And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these messengers, having given themselves to whoredom, and having gone after other flesh, have been set before as an example, undergoing the justice of continuous fire.In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

8In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming indeed defile the flesh, and they disregard lordship, and they speak evil of glorious ones,Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

9yet Michael, the chief messenger, when disputing with the Devil, reasoning about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a judgment of slander, but said, “The LORD rebuke you!”But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

10But these, indeed, whatever things they have not known, they speak evil of; and whatever they know, like the irrational beasts, they understand naturally—in these they are corrupted;These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

11woe to them! Because they went on in the way of Cain, and they rushed to the deceit of Balaam for reward, and in the controversy of Korah they perished.Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

12These are stains at your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds, being carried away by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, having died twice, having been uprooted;These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

13wild waves of a sea, foaming up their own shameful deeds; stars going astray, for whom the gloom of the darkness throughout the age has been kept.They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

14And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied to these, saying, “Behold, the LORD has come with myriads of His holy ones,Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

15to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the harsh words that impious sinners spoke against Him.”to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

16These are discontented grumblers, walking according to their own lusts; and their mouth speaks swollen words, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

17but you, beloved, remember the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

18that they said to you, that in the last time there will be scoffers, following after their own lusts of impieties,when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

19these are those causing divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.

20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ resulting in continuous life;keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

22and, indeed, show mercy to those who are doubting,And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

23and rescue others by snatching them out of fire; but show mercy to others in fear, hating even the coat having been stained from the flesh.save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

24And to Him who is able to guard you without stumbling, and to set you in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

25to the only wise God our Savior, is glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and forever! Amen.to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Jude 1

A Greeting from Jude

God’s Judgment on the Ungodly

A Call to Persevere

Doxology

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