Dual Panel1From Jude <2455>, a slave <1401> of Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> and <1161> brother <80> of James <2385>, to those who are called <2822>, wrapped in <1722> the love <25> of God <2316> the Father <3962> and <2532> kept <5083> for Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
2May <4129> mercy <1656>, peace <1515>, and <2532> love <26> be lavished <4129> on you <5213>!
3Dear friends <27>, although I have been <4160> eager <4710> to write <1125> to you <5213> about <4012> our <2257> common <2839> salvation <4991>, I now feel <2192> compelled <318> instead to write <1125> to encourage <3870> you <5213> to contend earnestly <1864> for the faith <4102> that was once for all <530> entrusted <3860> to the saints <40>.
4For <1063> certain <5100> men <444> have secretly slipped in <3921> among you– men who long ago <3819> were marked out <4270> for the condemnation <2917> I am about to describe– ungodly men <765> who have turned <3346> the grace <5485> of our <2257> God <2316> into <1519> a license <766> for evil and <2532> who deny <720> our <2257> only <3441> Master <1203> and <2532> Lord <2962>, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
5Now I desire <1014> to remind <5279> you <5209> (even though you have been fully informed <1492> of these facts once for all <530>) that <3754> Jesus <2962>, having saved <4982> the people <2992> out of <1537> the land <1093> of Egypt <125>, later <1208> destroyed <622> those who did <4100> not <3361> believe <4100>.
6You also <5037> know that the angels <32> who did <5083> not <3361> keep <5083> within their <1438> proper domain <746> but <235> abandoned <620> their own <2398> place of residence <3613>, he has kept <5083> in eternal <126> chains <1199> in <5259> utter darkness <2217>, locked up for <1519> the judgment <2920> of the great <3173> Day <2250>.
7So also <5613> Sodom <4670> and <2532> Gomorrah <1116> and <2532> the neighboring <4012> <846> towns <4172>, since they indulged in sexual immorality <1608> and <2532> pursued <565> <3694> unnatural desire <4561> in a way similar <3664> to these angels <5125>, are now displayed <4295> as an example <1164> by suffering <5254> the punishment <1349> of eternal <166> fire <4442>.
8Yet <3305> these men <3778>, as a result <3668> of their dreams <1797>, defile <3392> the flesh <4561>, reject <114> authority <2963>, and <1161> insult <987> the glorious ones <1391>.
9But <1161> even when <3753> Michael <3413> the archangel <743> was arguing <1256> with the devil <1228> and debating <1252> with him concerning <4012> Moses <3475>’ body <4983>, he did <5111> not <3756> dare <5111> to bring <2018> a slanderous <988> judgment <2920>, but <235> said <2036>, “May <2008> the Lord <2962> rebuke <2008> you <4671>!”
10But <1161> these men <3778> do <1492> not <3756> understand <1492> the things <3745> they slander <987>, and <1161> they are being destroyed <5351> by the very things <3745> that, like <5613> irrational <249> animals <2226>, they <1987> instinctively <5447> comprehend <1987>.
11Woe <3759> to them <846>! For <3754> they have traveled down <1632> Cain’s <2535> path <3598>, and <2532> because of greed have abandoned <4198> themselves to Balaam’s <903> error <4106>; hence <2532>, they will certainly perish <622> in Korah’s <2879> rebellion <485>.
12These men <3778> are <1510> dangerous reefs <4694> at <1722> your <5216> love <26> feasts, feasting <4910> without reverence <870>, feeding <4165> only themselves <1438>. They are waterless <504> clouds <3507>, carried along <3911> by <5259> the winds <417>; autumn <5352> trees <1186> without fruit <175>– twice <1364> dead <599>, uprooted <1610>;
13wild <66> sea <2281> waves <2949>, spewing out <1890> the foam of their <1438> shame <152>; wayward <4107> stars <792> for whom <3739> the utter depths <2217> of <1519> eternal <165> darkness <4655> have been reserved <5083>.
14Now Enoch <1802>, the seventh <1442> in descent beginning with <575> Adam <76>, even <1161> prophesied <4395> of them <5125>, saying <3004>, “Look <2400>! The Lord <2962> is coming <2064> with <1722> thousands and thousands <3461> of his <846> holy ones <40>,
15to execute <4160> judgment <2920> on <2596> all <3956>, and <2532> to convict <1651> every person <3956> of <4012> all <3956> their <846> thoroughly ungodly <763> deeds <2041> that <3739> they have committed <764>, and <2532> of <4012> all <3956> the harsh words <4642> that <3739> ungodly <765> sinners <268> have spoken <2980> against <2596> him <846>.”
16These people <3778> are <1510> grumblers <1113> and fault-finders <3202> who go <4198> wherever <2596> their <846> desires <1939> lead them, and <2532> they give bombastic <5246> speeches <2980>, enchanting <2296> folks <4383> for their own gain <5622> <5484>.
17But <1161> you <5210>, dear friends <27>– recall <3415> the predictions <4487> foretold <4280> by <5259> the apostles <652> of our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
18For <3754> they said <3004> to you <5213>, “In <1909> the end <2078> time <5550> there will come <1510> scoffers <1703>, propelled <4198> by <2596> their own <1438> ungodly <763> desires <1939>.”
19These people <3778> are <1510> divisive <592>, worldly <5591>, devoid of the Spirit <4151>.
20But <1161> you <5210>, dear friends <27>, by building <2026> yourselves <1438> up <2026> in your <5216> most holy <40> faith <4102>, by <1722> praying <4336> in the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>,
21maintain <5083> yourselves <1438> in <1722> the love <26> of God <2316>, while anticipating <4327> the mercy <1656> of our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> that brings <1519> eternal <166> life <2222>.
22And <2532> have mercy <1653> on those who <3739> waver <1252>;
23save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy <1653> on others, coupled with a fear <5401> of God, hating <3404> even the clothes <5509> stained <4695> by <575> the flesh <4561>.
24Now <1161> to the one who is able <1410> to keep <5442> you <5209> from falling <679>, and <2532> to cause you to stand <2476>, rejoicing <20>, without blemish <299> before <2714> his <846> glorious presence <1391>,
25to the only <3441> God <2316> our <2257> Savior <4990> through <1223> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Lord <2962>, be glory <1391>, majesty <3172>, power <2904>, and <2532> authority <1849>, before <4253> all <3956> time <165>, and <2532> now <3568>, and <2532> for <1519> all <3956> eternity <165>. Amen <281>.