1 ¶ Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are called, sanctified in God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

2 M ercy and peace and charity be multiplied unto you.

May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

3 ¶ 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 persevere in the faith which was given once unto the saints.

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

4 F or there are certain men crept in unawares without fear or reverence of God, who from beforehand have been ordained unto this condemnation, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying God who alone has dominion, and our Lord Jesus, the Christ.

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 I will, therefore, remind you, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those that did not believe.

Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

6 A nd the angels who did not keep their first estate but left their own habitation, he has reserved in eternal chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

7 E ven as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh, were set forth for an example, having received the judgment of eternal fire.

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

8 ¶ In the same manner these deceived dreamers, defile their flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of higher powers.

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

9 Y et when Michael, the archangel, contended with the devil, disputing over the body of Moses, he dared not bring against him a curse of judgment, but said, The Lord reprehend thee.

But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “ The Lord rebuke you!”

10 B ut these speak evil of those things which they do not know; but what they know by nature as animals without reason, in those things they corrupt themselves.

But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

11 W oe 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.

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12 T hese are spots in your banquets of charity, feeding themselves without any fear whatsoever: clouds without water, carried to and fro of the winds; trees withered as in fall, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

13 r aging waves of the sea, foaming out their own abominations; erratic stars, to whom is reserved gross darkness eternally.

wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

14 A nd Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints

It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “ Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

15 ¶ to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have unfaithfully committed and of all the hard words which the unfaithful sinners have spoken against him.

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

16 T hese are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires; and their mouth speaks arrogant things, admiring persons to take advantage.

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage. Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

17 B ut, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

18 h ow that they told you, That in the last time there would be mockers, who would walk after their own ungodly desires.

that they were saying to you, “ In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”

19 T hese are those who make divisions, and are as animals, not having the Spirit.

These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.

20 B ut ye, beloved, building up yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

21 k eep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto eternal life,

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

22 A nd receive some with mercy, discerning;

And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

23 A nd others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

24 N ow unto him that is powerful to keep you without sin and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

25 t o the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, now and in all the ages. Amen.

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.