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New
Testament
Jude
Jude
King
James Version
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: 2 Mercy unto you, and
peace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, 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. 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. 5 I 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. 6 And 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. 7 Even 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. 8 Likewise also these
filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of
dignities. 9 Yet 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. 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. 11 Woe 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. 12 These 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; 13 Raging waves of the
sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousands of his saints, 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. 16 These are murmurers,
complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember
ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who
separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the
love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have
compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with
fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh. 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, 25 To the only wise God
our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. |
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