The Letter Of Jude
1:1 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:
1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love,
be multiplied.
1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence
to write unto you of the common
salvation, it was necessary for me to
write unto you, and exhort you
that you should earnestly contend for
the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
1:4 For 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.
1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance,
though you once knew
this, that the Lord, having saved the
people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed
not.
1:6 And the angels which kept not their
first estate, but left their
own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting
chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.
1:7 Just 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.
1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers
defile the flesh, despise
dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending
with the devil he
disputed about the body of Moses, dared
not bring against him a
railing accusation, but said, The Lord
rebuke you.
1:10 But these speak evil of those things
which they know not: but
what they know naturally, as brute beasts,
in those things they
corrupt themselves.
1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone
on the way of Cain, and ran
greedily after the error of Balaam for
reward, and perished in the
opposing of Core.
1:12 These are spots in your feasts of
love, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds
they are without water,
carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
withers, without fruit,
twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming
out their own shame; wandering
stars, to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness forever.
1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these,
saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten
thousands of his saints,
1:15 To 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.
1:16 These are murmurers, complainers,
walking after their own lusts;
and their mouth speaks great swelling
words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage.
1:17 But, beloved, remember you the words
which were spoken before of
the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1:18 That they told you there should
be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
1:19 These be they who separate themselves,
sensual, having not the
Spirit.
1:20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves
on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
1:22 And of some have compassion, making
a difference: 1:23 And others
save with fear, pulling them out of the
fire; hating even the garment
spotted by the flesh.
1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep
you from falling, and to
present you faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding
joy,
1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour,
be glory and majesty, dominion
and power, both now and ever. Amen.