Jude 1:10 - Prayer Tents

1From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James - To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:G2455G1401G2424G5547G1161G80G2385G37G1722G2316G3962G2532G5083G2424G5547G28222May mercy, peace, and love be yours in full measure.G1656G5213G2532G1515G2532G26G4129

False Teachers

3My dear friends, I was doing my best to write to you about the salvation we share in common, when I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people.G27G4160G3956G4710G1125G5213G4012G2839G4991G2192G318G2192G1125G5213G3870G1864G4102G530G3860G404For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.G1063G5100G444G3921G3588G4270G3819G4270G1519G5124G2917G765G3346G5485G2257G2316G1519G766G2532G720G3441G1203G2316G2532G2257G2962G2424G55475For even though you know all this, I want to remind you of how the Lord once rescued the people of Israel from Egypt, but afterward destroyed those who did not believe.G1014G1161G5279G5209G5279G5209G530G1492G5124G3754G2962G4982G2992G1537G1093G125G1208G622G4100G33616Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.G5037G32G5083G3361G1438G746G235G620G2398G3613G5083G126G1199G5259G2217G1519G2920G3173G22507Remember Sodom and Gomorrah, and the nearby towns, whose people acted as those angels did and indulged in sexual immorality and perversion: they suffer the punishment of eternal fire as a plain warning to all.G5613G4670G2532G1116G2532G4172G4012G846G3664G5125G5158G1608G2532G565G3694G2087G4561G4295G1164G5254G1349G166G44428In the same way also, these people have visions which make them sin against their own bodies; they despise God's authority and insult the glorious beings above.G3668G3305G2532G3778G1797G3392G3303G4561G1161G114G2963G1161G987G13919Not even the chief angel Michael did this. In his quarrel with the Devil, when they argued about who would have the body of Moses, Michael did not dare condemn the Devil with insulting words, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"G1161G3413G743G3753G1252G1228G1256G4012G4983G3475G5111G3756G2018G988G2920G235G2036G2962G2008G467110But these people attack with insults anything they do not understand; and those things that they know by instinct, like wild animals, are the very things that destroy them.G1161G3778G987G3745G3303G1492G3756G1161G3745G1987G5447G5613G249G2226G1722G5125G535111How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.G3759G846G3754G4198G3598G2535G2532G1632G4106G903G3408G2532G622G485G287912With their shameless carousing they are like dirty spots in your fellowship meals. They take care only of themselves. They are like clouds carried along by the wind, but bringing no rain. They are like trees that bear no fruit, even in autumn, trees that have been pulled up by the roots and are completely dead.G3778G1526G4694G1722G5216G26G4910G5213G4165G1438G870G3507G504G4064G5259G417G1186G5352G175G1364G599G161013They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.G66G2949G2281G1890G1438G152G4107G792G3739G5083G2217G4655G1519G16514It was Enoch, the seventh direct descendant from Adam, who long ago prophesied this about them: "The Lord will come with many thousands of his holy angelsG1161G1802G2532G1442G575G76G4395G5125G3004G2400G2962G2064G1722G3461G846G4015to bring judgment on all, to condemn them all for the godless deeds they have performed and for all the terrible words that godless sinners have spoken against him!"G4160G2920G2596G3956G2532G1827G3956G765G846G4012G3956G846G763G2041G3739G764G2532G4012G3956G4642G3739G765G268G2980G2596G84616These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.G3778G1526G1113G3202G4198G2596G846G1939G2532G846G4750G2980G5246G4383G2296G5484G5622

Warnings and Instructions

17But remember, my friends, what you were told in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.G1161G27G3415G5210G4487G3588G4280G5259G652G2257G2962G2424G554718They said to you, "When the last days come, people will appear who will make fun of you, people who follow their own godless desires."G3754G3754G3004G5213G2071G1703G1722G2078G5550G4198G2596G1438G763G193919These are the people who cause divisions, who are controlled by their natural desires, who do not have the Spirit.G3778G1526G592G1438G5591G2192G3361G415120But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,G1161G5210G27G2026G1438G5216G40G4102G4336G1722G40G415121and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.G5083G1438G1722G26G2316G4327G1656G2257G2962G2424G5547G1519G166G222222Show mercy toward those who have doubts;G2532G3303G3739G1653G125223save others by snatching them out of the fire; and to others show mercy mixed with fear, but hate their very clothes, stained by their sinful lusts.G1161G3739G4982G1722G5401G726G1537G4442G3404G2532G5509G4695G575G4561

Prayer of Praise

24To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence -G1161G1410G5442G5209G846G679G2532G2476G299G2714G846G1391G1722G2025to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, might, and authority, from all ages past, and now, and forever and ever! Amen.G3441G4680G2316G2257G4990G1391G2532G3172G2904G2532G1849G2532G3568G2532G1519G3956G165G281