1 GLT Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to the ones loved in God the Father and kept{ and} called in Jesus Christ: BSB BSB: 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:
2 GLT May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. BSB BSB: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
4 GLT For certain men have entered secretly, the ones long ago having been designated beforehand for this condemnation, ungodly ones, changing the grace of our God into licentiousness and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: 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.
5 GLT Now I want to remind you, you knowing all things once for all, that Jesus, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed the ones not having believed. BSB BSB: 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.
6 GLT And angels, not having kept their own domain, but having left their own dwelling place, he has kept in eternal chains, under darkness, for judgment of the great day— BSB BSB: 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.
7 GLT as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having committed sexual immorality in the same manner{ as} these, and having gone after other flesh, are being displayed{ as} an example, suffering punishment of eternal fire. BSB BSB: 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.
8 GLT Yet in the same way also, these, dreaming, indeed defile the flesh, but reject lordship and slander glorious ones. BSB BSB: Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
9 GLT But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses; he did not dare to bring a judgment of slander{ against him}. Rather, he said,“May the Lord rebuke you!” BSB BSB: 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!”
10 GLT But these ones indeed slander what they do not understand; but what they understand by instinct as the unreasoning animals, by these things they are being destroyed. BSB BSB: These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
11 GLT Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain and have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam{ for} wages, and in the rebellion of Korah they perished. BSB BSB: 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.
12 GLT These ones are the ones in your love feasts— hidden reefs— fearlessly feasting with{ you}, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless autumn trees— having died twice, having been uprooted, BSB BSB: 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.
13 GLT wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shameful deeds; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been kept to eternity. BSB BSB: They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
15 GLT to do judgment against everyone and to rebuke every soul concerning all their works of ungodliness, which they did in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things which ungodly sinners spoke against him.” BSB BSB: 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.”
16 GLT These ones are murmurers, complainers, going according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks boastful things, admiring faces for the sake of advantage. BSB BSB: These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
17 GLT But you, beloved ones, remember the words that have been spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, BSB BSB: But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
18 GLT that they said to you,“In the last time there will be mockers going according to their own lusts of ungodliness.” BSB BSB: when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
19 GLT These are the ones causing divisions, soulish, not having the Spirit. BSB BSB: These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
20 GLT But you, beloved ones, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, BSB BSB: But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 GLT keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. BSB BSB: keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
22 GLT And indeed, have mercy on{ some} who are doubting, BSB BSB: And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
23 GLT but save{ others}, snatching from fire; and have mercy on{ others} with fear, hating even the garment having been defiled by the flesh. BSB BSB: 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.
24 GLT Now to the one being able to keep you without stumbling and to cause{ you} to stand before his glory blameless, in exultation, BSB BSB: Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
25 GLT to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord,{ be} glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all the age and now and to all eternity. Amen! BSB BSB: 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.
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