1 J ude, 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:

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

2 M ay mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Contend for the Faith

3 B eloved, 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.

Beloved, 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.

4 F or 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.

For 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. Old and New Apostates

5 N ow 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.

But 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.

6 A nd 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,

And 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;

7 j ust 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.

as 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.

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

Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

9 B ut 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!”

Yet 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!”

10 B ut 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.

But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

11 W oe 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.

Woe 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. Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 T hese 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;

These 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;

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

raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

14 I t 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,

Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,

15 t o 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.”

to 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.” Apostates Predicted

16 T hese 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

These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

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

But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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

how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

19 T hese are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.

These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. Maintain Your Life with God

20 B ut you, beloved, building yourselves up on 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 anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 A nd have mercy on some, who are doubting;

And on some have compassion, making a distinction;

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

but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Glory to God

24 N ow 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,

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

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

To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.