Jude:1
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Jude ,
the servant of Jesus Christ ,
and brother of James ,
to them that are sanctified by God the Father ,
and preserved in Jesus Christ ,
and called :
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Mercy unto you ,
and peace ,
and love ,
be multiplied .
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Beloved ,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation ,
it was needful for me to write unto you ,
and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints .
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For there are certain men crept in unawares ,
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 .
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I will therefore put you in remembrance ,
though ye once knew this ,
how that the Lord ,
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt ,
afterward destroyed them that believed not .
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And the angels which kept not their first estate ,
but left their own habitation ,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day .
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Even as Sodom and Gomorrha ,
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 .
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Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh ,
despise dominion ,
and speak evil of dignities .
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Yet Michael the archangel ,
when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses ,
durst not bring against him a railing accusation ,
but said ,
The Lord rebuke thee .
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But these speak evil of those things which they know not :
but what they know naturally ,
as brute beasts ,
in those things they corrupt themselves .
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Woe unto 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 Core .
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These are spots in your feasts of charity ,
when they feast with you ,
feeding themselves without fear :
clouds they are without water ,
carried about of winds ;
trees whose fruit withereth ,
without fruit ,
twice dead ,
plucked up by the roots ;
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Raging waves of the sea ,
foaming out their own shame ;
wandering stars ,
to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever .
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And Enoch also ,
the seventh from Adam ,
prophesied of these ,
saying ,
Behold ,
the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints ,
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To execute judgment upon 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 .
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These are murmurers ,
complainers ,
walking after their own lusts ;
and their mouth speaketh great swelling words ,
having men '
s persons in admiration because of advantage .
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But ,
beloved ,
remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ;
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How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time ,
who should walk after their own ungodly lusts .
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These be they who separate themselves ,
sensual ,
having not the Spirit .
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But ye ,
beloved ,
building up yourselves on your most holy faith ,
praying in the Holy Ghost ,
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Keep yourselves in the love of God ,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life .
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And of some have compassion ,
making a difference :
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And others save with fear ,
pulling them out of the fire ;
hating even the garment spotted by the flesh .
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling ,
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy ,
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To the only wise God our Saviour ,
be glory and majesty ,
dominion and power ,
both now and ever .
Amen .