{"book":"Jude","slug":"jude","ch":1,"genre":"letter","sub":"Jude","prev":"3-john/1","next":"revelation/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who [are] called, loved by God [the] Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,"},{"style":"reg","t":"To those who [are] called, loved by God [the] Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:"}],"h":"A Greeting from Jude","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"Beloved, [although] I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write [and] urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.","f":[],"h":"God’s Judgment on the Ungodly","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"For certain men have crept in [among you] unnoticed — ungodly [ones] who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered [His] people out of [the] land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.","f":["NE, WH, BYZ, and TR the Lord"],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And [the] angels who did not stay within their [own] domain but abandoned their [proper] dwelling — [these] He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, {bound} for judgment on [that] great day.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain [the] punishment of eternal fire.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Yet in the same way these dreamers defile [their] bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious [beings].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"But [even] the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge {against him}, but said,“ [The] Lord rebuke you!”","f":["This account is attributed by Origen to the Testament of Moses, also called the Assumption of Moses."]},{"v":10,"t":"These [men], however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"These [men] are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting [with you] [but] shepherding [only] themselves. [They are] clouds without water, carried along by [the] wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.","f":["Or are blemishes"],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"[They are] wild waves of [the] sea, foaming up their [own] shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them:“ Behold, [the] Lord is coming with myriads of His holy [ones]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, [the] Lord is coming"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with myriads of His holy [ones]"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh [word] spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”","f":["See the First Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9)."],"lines":[{"style":"indent2","t":"to execute judgment on everyone,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and to convict all the ungodly"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of every ungodly act of wickedness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and every harsh [word] spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”"}],"style":"indent2"},{"v":16,"t":"These [men] are discontented grumblers, following after [their] own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ","f":[],"h":"A Call to Persevere","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"when they said to you,“ In [the] last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”","f":["See 2 Peter 3:3."]},{"v":19,"t":"These are the [ones who] cause divisions, [who are] worldly [and] devoid of [the] Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"But you, beloved, by building yourselves {up} in your most holy faith [and] praying in [the] Holy Spirit,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"keep yourselves in [the] love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring [you] eternal life.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"save others by snatching [them] from [the] fire; and to still others show mercy [ tempered ] with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present [you] unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy —","f":[],"h":"Doxology","style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"to [the] only God our Savior [be] glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"to [the] only God our Savior [be] glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity."},{"style":"reg","t":"Amen."}],"style":"reg"}]}