Jude:1

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* Jude , {or , Judah } a servant of Jesus Christ , and brother of James , to those who are called , sanctified by God the Father , and kept for Jesus Christ : * Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied . * Beloved , while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation , I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints . * For there are certain men who crept in secretly , even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation : ungodly men , turning the grace of our God into indecency , and denying our only Master , God , and Lord , Jesus Christ . * Now I desire to remind you , though you already know this , that the Lord , having saved a people out of the land of Egypt , afterward destroyed those who didn 't believe . * Angels who didn 't keep their first domain , but deserted their own dwelling place , he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day . * Even as Sodom and Gomorrah , and the cities around them , having , in the same way as these , given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh , are set forth as an example , suffering the punishment of eternal fire . * Yet in the same way , these also in their dreaming defile the flesh , despise authority , and slander celestial beings . * But Michael , the archangel , when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses , dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation , but said , "May the Lord rebuke you !" * But these speak evil of whatever things they don 't know . What they understand naturally , like the creatures without reason , they are destroyed in these things . * Woe to them ! For they went in the way of Cain , and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire , and perished in Korah 's rebellion . * These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you , shepherds who without fear feed themselves ; clouds without water , carried along by winds ; autumn leaves without fruit , twice dead , plucked up by the roots ; * wild waves of the sea , foaming out their own shame ; wandering stars , for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever . * About these also Enoch , the seventh from Adam , prophesied , saying , "Behold , the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones , * to execute judgment on all , and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way , and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him ." * These are murmurers and complainers , walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things ), showing respect of persons to gain advantage . * But you , beloved , remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ . * They said to you that "In the last time there will be mockers , walking after their own ungodly lusts ." * These are they who cause divisions , and are sensual , not having the Spirit . * But you , beloved , keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith , praying in the Holy Spirit . * Keep yourselves in the love of God , looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life . * On some have compassion , making a distinction , * and some save , snatching them out of the fire with fear , hating even the clothing stained by the flesh . * Now to him who is able to keep them {TR and NU read "you "} from stumbling , and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy , * to God our Savior , who alone is wise , be glory and majesty , dominion and power , both now and forever . Amen .

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