1Jude[G2455], the servant[G1401] of Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G1161]brother[G80] of James[G2385], to them that are sanctified[G37]by[G1722]God[G2316] the Father[G3962], and[G2532]preserved[G5083] in Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532]called[G2822]:
2Mercy[G1656] unto you[G5213], and[G2532]peace[G1515], and[G2532]love[G26], be multiplied[G4129].
3Beloved[G27], when I gave[G4160]all[G3956]diligence[G4710] to write[G1125] unto you[G5213]of[G4012] the common[G2839]salvation[G4991], it was[G2192]needful[G318] for me[G2192] to write[G1125] unto you[G5213], and exhort[G3870]you[G5213] that ye should earnestly contend[G1864] for the faith[G4102] which was[G2192]once[G530]delivered[G3860] unto the saints[G40].
4For[G1063] there are certain[G5100]men[G444] crept in unawares[G3921], who[G3588] were before[G4270] of old[G3819]ordained[G4270]to[G1519]this[G5124]condemnation[G2917], ungodly men[G765], turning[G3346] the grace[G5485] of our[G2257]God[G2316]into[G1519]lasciviousness[G766], and[G2532]denying[G720] the only[G3441]Lord[G1203]God[G2316], and[G2532]our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547].
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I will[G1014]therefore[G1161]put[G5279]you[G5209] in remembrance[G5279], though ye[G5209]once[G530]knew[G1492]this[G5124], how that[G3754] the Lord[G2962], having saved[G4982] the people[G2992] out of[G1537] the land[G1093]of[G1537]Egypt[G125], afterward[G1208]destroyed[G622] them that[G3754]believed[G4100]not[G3361].
6And[G5037] the angels[G32] which kept[G5083]not[G3361]their[G1438] first estate[G746], but[G235]left[G620]their[G1438]own[G2398]habitation[G3613], he hath reserved[G5083] in everlasting[G126]chains[G1199]under[G5259]darkness[G2217]unto[G1519] the judgment[G2920] of the great[G3173]day[G2250].
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Even as[G5613]Sodom[G4670]and[G2532]Gomorrha[G1116], and[G2532] the cities[G4172]about[G4012]them[G846] in like[G3664]manner[G5158], giving themselves over to fornication[G1608], and[G2532]going[G565]after[G3694]strange[G2087]flesh[G4561], are set forth for[G4295] an example[G1164], suffering[G5254] the vengeance[G1349] of eternal[G166]fire[G4442].
8Likewise[G3668]also[G2532]these[G3778] filthy dreamers[G1797]defile[G3392] the flesh[G3303], despise[G114]dominion[G2963], and[G1161] speak evil[G987] of dignities[G1391].
9Yet[G1161]Michael[G3413] the archangel[G743], when[G3753]contending[G1252] with the devil[G1228] he disputed[G1256]about[G4012] the body[G4983] of Moses[G3475], durst[G5111]not[G3756] bring against him[G2018] a railing[G988]accusation[G2920], but[G235]said[G2036], The Lord[G2962]rebuke[G2008]thee[G4671].
10But[G1161]these[G3778] speak evil[G987] of those things[G5125]which[G3745] they know[G1492]not[G3756]: but[G1161]what[G3745] they know[G1987]naturally[G5447], as[G5613]brute[G249]beasts[G2226], in[G1722] those things[G5125] they corrupt themselves[G5351].
11Woe[G3759] unto them[G846]! for[G3754] they have gone[G4198] in the way[G3598] of Cain[G2535], and[G2532] ran greedily after[G1632] the error[G4106] of Balaam[G903]for[G3754]reward[G3408], and[G2532]perished[G622] in the gainsaying[G485] of Core[G2879].
12These[G3778]are[G1526]spots[G4694]in[G1722]your[G5216] feasts of[G5259]charity[G26], when they feast[G4910] with you[G5213], feeding[G4165]themselves[G1438] without fear[G870]: clouds[G3507] they are[G1526] without water[G504], carried about[G4064]of[G5259]winds[G417]; trees[G1186] whose fruit[G175]withereth[G5352], without fruit[G175], twice[G1364]dead[G599], plucked up by the roots[G1610];
13Raging[G66]waves[G2949] of the sea[G2281], foaming out[G1890] their own[G1438]shame[G152]; wandering[G4107]stars[G792], to whom[G3739] is reserved[G5083] the blackness[G2217] of darkness[G4655]for[G1519]ever[G165].
14And[G1161]Enoch[G1802]also[G2532], the seventh[G1442]from[G575]Adam[G76], prophesied[G4395] of these[G5125], saying[G3004], Behold[G2400], the Lord[G2962]cometh[G2064]with[G1722] ten thousands[G3461] of his[G846]saints[G40],
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To execute[G4160]judgment[G2920]upon[G2596]all[G3956], and[G2532] to convince[G1827]all[G3956] that are ungodly[G765] among them[G846]of[G4012]all[G3956]their[G846]ungodly[G763]deeds[G2041]which[G3739] they have ungodly[G763]committed[G764], and[G2532]of[G4012]all[G3956]their[G846]hard[G4642] speeches which[G3739]ungodly[G763]sinners[G268] have spoken[G2980]against[G2596]him[G846].
16These[G3778]are[G1526]murmurers[G1113], complainers[G3202], walking[G4198]after[G2596]their[G846]own[G846]lusts[G1939]; and[G2532]their[G846]mouth[G4750]speaketh[G2980] great swelling[G5246] words, having men's persons[G4383] in admiration[G2296]because[G5484] of advantage[G5622].
17But[G1161], beloved[G27], remember[G3415]ye[G5210] the words[G4487]which[G3588] were spoken before[G4280]of[G5259] the apostles[G652]of[G5259]our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547];
18How[G3754]that[G3754] they told[G3004]you[G5213] there should be[G2071]mockers[G1703]in[G1722] the last[G2078]time[G5550], who should walk[G4198]after[G2596] their own[G1438]ungodly[G763]lusts[G1939].
19These[G3778]be[G1526] they who separate[G592]themselves[G1438], sensual[G5591], having[G2192]not[G3361] the Spirit[G4151].
20But[G1161]ye[G5210], beloved[G27], building up[G2026]yourselves[G1438] on your[G5216] most holy[G40]faith[G4102], praying[G4336]in[G1722] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151],
21Keep[G5083]yourselves[G1438]in[G1722] the love[G26] of God[G2316], looking for[G4327] the mercy[G1656] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547]unto[G1519]eternal[G166]life[G2222].
22And[G2532] of some[G3739] have compassion[G1653], making a difference[G1252]:
23And[G1161]others[G3739]save[G4982]with[G1722]fear[G5401], pulling[G726] them out of[G1537] the fire[G4442]; hating[G3404]even[G2532] the garment[G5509]spotted[G4695]by[G575] the flesh[G4561].
24Now[G1161] unto him that is able[G1410] to keep[G5442]you[G5209] from falling[G679], and[G2532] to present[G2476]you[G846]faultless[G299] before the presence[G2714] of his[G846]glory[G1391]with[G1722] exceeding joy[G20],
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To the only[G3441]wise[G4680]God[G2316]our[G2257]Saviour[G4990], be glory[G1391]and[G2532]majesty[G3172], dominion[G2904]and[G2532]power[G1849], both[G2532]now[G3568]and[G2532]ever[G1519]. Amen[G281].