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| 1Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: | 1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: |
| 2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | 2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| 3Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. | 3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. |
| 4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. | 4For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
| 5But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. | 5Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. |
| 6And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; | 6And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— |
| 7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. | 7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. |
| 8Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. | 8Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. |
| 9Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” | 9But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” |
| 10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. | 10But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. |
| 11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. | 11Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. |
| 12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; | 12These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; |
| 13raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. | 13wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. |
| 14Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, | 14It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, |
| 15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” | 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” |
| 16These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. | 16These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. |
| 17But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: | 17But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. | 18They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” |
| 19These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. | 19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. |
| 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, | 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, |
| 21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. | 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. |
| 22And on some have compassion, making a distinction; | 22And have mercy on those who doubt; |
| 23but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. | 23save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. |
| 24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, | 24Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, |
| 25To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. | 25to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. |
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