Chapter 1
1 Jude , a servant of Jesus Christ , and brother of James , to those who are called , sanctified by God the Father , and kept for Jesus Christ :
2 May mercy , peace , and love be multiplied to you .
3 Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation , I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
4 For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation : ungodly men , turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master , God , and Lord , Jesus Christ .
5 Now I desire to remind you , though you already know this , that the Lord , having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’ t believe .
6 Angels who didn’ t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day .
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them , having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh , are shown as an example , suffering the punishment of eternal fire .
8 Yet in the same way , these also in their dreaming defile the flesh , despise authority , and slander celestial beings.
9 But Michael , the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses , dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation , but said , " May the Lord rebuke you !"
10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don’ t know . They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally , like the creatures without reason.
11 Woe to them ! For they went in the way of Cain , and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire , and perished in Korah ’s rebellion.
12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you , shepherds who without fear feed themselves ; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots ;
13 wild waves of the sea , foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever .
14 About these also Enoch , the seventh from Adam, prophesied , saying , " Behold , the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
15 to execute judgment on all , and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way , and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him ."
16 These are murmurers and complainers , walking after their lusts — and their mouth speaks proud things —showing respect of persons to gain advantage .
17 But you , beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ .
18 They said to you , " In the last time there will be mockers , walking after their own ungodly lusts ."
19 These are those who cause divisions and are sensual , not having the Spirit .
20 But you , beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith , praying in the Holy Spirit .
21 Keep yourselves in God ’ s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life .
22 On some have compassion, making a distinction ,
23 and some save , snatching them out of the fire with fear , hating even the clothing stained by the flesh .
24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
25 to God our Savior , who alone is wise, be glory and majesty , dominion and power , both now and forever . Amen.