New Testament · Letters

Jude chapter 1

From Jude, a of Jesus , and brother of James — to those who have been , who are deeply loved by God the Father and for Jesus the One:May , , and be given to you in full measure., I was eager to write to you about the we share together, but I felt I had to write and urge you to fight hard for the that was handed down once and for all to .Because certain people have slipped in among you unnoticed — people who were marked out long ago for this judgment — ungodly people who twist the of our God into an excuse for , and who deny Jesus the One, our only and Lord.Now I want to remind you — even though you already know all this — that the Lord, after a people out of Egypt, later destroyed those who didn’t him.And the who didn’t stay within their , but abandoned their assigned home — he has kept them locked in darkness, bound with unbreakable chains, waiting for the judgment of .In the same way, and the surrounding cities — which gave themselves over to sexual immorality and chased after — serve as an example by suffering the punishment of an .Yet in the same way, these also their own bodies, reject authority, and slander .But even , the , when he was arguing with the devil in a dispute over , didn’t dare to pronounce a slanderous judgment against him. Instead, he said, “The Lord rebuke you!”But these people whatever they don’t understand, and they are destroyed by the things they know — like unreasoning animals.! They’ve gone down the same road as , rushed headlong into for profit, and been destroyed in .These people are at your , eating with you without any sense of shame — . They’re clouds blown along by the wind but bringing no rain, trees in late autumn without fruit — , ripped out by the roots.They’re churning up the foam of their own shame, for whom the has been reserved forever., the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these people when he said: “Look, the Lord is coming with countless thousands of to execute on everyone, and to convict every person of all the things they’ve done in their ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly have spoken against him.”These people are constant , always , chasing after their own desires. They use , and they flatter people when it benefits them.But you, — remember what was predicted by the of our Lord Jesus the One.They told you, “In , there will be who chase after their own ungodly desires.”These are the ones who — people driven by their , who don’t have .But you, dear friends, on the foundation of your faith, which , and . in as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the One to bring you into . to those who are .Rescue others by . And to others, show — hating even the .Now to the one who is able to and to present you — and overflowing with joy — before the presence of his :to the only God our , through Jesus the One our Lord — all , , , and are his, before all time, right now, and for all ages to come. Yes — .