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Jude, the
servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are
sanctified by
God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2Mercy
unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved,
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 contend for the faith which was once delivered
unto
the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares,
who were
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grace of
our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our
Lord Jesus Christ.
5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once
knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward
destroyed them that believed not. 6And the angels which
kept not
their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth
for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8Likewise
also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion,
and speak
evil of dignities. 9Yet Michael the archangel, when
contending with
the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against
him a
railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But
these
speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know
naturally,
as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe
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. 12These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding
themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried
about of
winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked
up by
the roots; 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame;
wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for
ever. 14And
Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold,
the
Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute
judgment
upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their
ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16These are
murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth
speaketh
great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration
because of
advantage.
17But,
beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken
before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that
they
told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk
after their
own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves,
sensual,
having not the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21Keep
yourselves
in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
eternal
life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23And
others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating
even the
garment spotted by the flesh.
24Now
unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to
present you faultless before the presence of his glory with
exceeding
joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory
and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. {~}.