1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:G2455G1401G2424G5547G1161G80G2385G37G1722G2316G3962G2532G5083G2424G5547G28222Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.G1656G5213G2532G1515G2532G26G41293Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that the Lord has once for all entrusted to us, his people.G27G4160G3956G4710G1125G5213G4012G2839G4991G2192G318G2192G1125G5213G3870G1864G4102G530G3860G404For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.G1063G5100G444G3921G3588G4270G3819G4270G1519G5124G2917G765G3346G5485G2257G2316G1519G766G2532G720G3441G1203G2316G2532G2257G2962G2424G55475Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.G1014G1161G5279G5209G5279G5209G530G1492G5124G3754G2962G4982G2992G1537G1093G125G1208G622G4100G33616And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.G5037G32G5083G3361G1438G746G235G620G2398G3613G5083G126G1199G5259G2217G1519G2920G3173G22507In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.G5613G4670G2532G1116G2532G4172G4012G846G3664G5125G5158G1608G2532G565G3694G2087G4561G4295G1164G5254G1349G166G44428In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.G3668G3305G2532G3778G1797G3392G3303G4561G1161G114G2963G1161G987G13919But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"G1161G3413G743G3753G1252G1228G1256G4012G4983G3475G5111G3756G2018G988G2920G235G2036G2962G2008G467110Yet these people speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals—these are the very things that destroy them.G1161G3778G987G3745G3303G1492G3756G1161G3745G1987G5447G5613G249G2226G1722G5125G535111Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion.G3759G846G3754G4198G3598G2535G2532G1632G4106G903G3408G2532G622G485G287912These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead.G3778G1526G4694G1722G5216G26G4910G5213G4165G1438G870G3507G504G4064G5259G417G1186G5352G175G1364G599G161013They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.G66G2949G2281G1890G1438G152G4107G792G3739G5083G2217G4655G1519G16514Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy onesG1161G1802G2532G1442G575G76G4395G5125G3004G2400G2962G2064G1722G3461G846G4015to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."G4160G2920G2596G3956G2532G1827G3956G765G846G4012G3956G846G763G2041G3739G764G2532G4012G3956G4642G3739G765G268G2980G2596G84616These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.G3778G1526G1113G3202G4198G2596G846G1939G2532G846G4750G2980G5246G4383G2296G5484G562217But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.G1161G27G3415G5210G4487G3588G4280G5259G652G2257G2962G2424G554718They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."G3754G3754G3004G5213G2071G1703G1722G2078G5550G4198G2596G1438G763G193919These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.G3778G1526G592G1438G5591G2192G3361G415120But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,G1161G5210G27G2026G1438G5216G40G4102G4336G1722G40G415121keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.G5083G1438G1722G26G2316G4327G1656G2257G2962G2424G5547G1519G166G222222Be merciful to those who doubt;G2532G3303G3739G1653G125223save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.G1161G3739G4982G1722G5401G726G1537G4442G3404G2532G5509G4695G575G456124To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—G1161G1410G5442G5209G846G679G2532G2476G299G2714G846G1391G1722G2025to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.G3441G4680G2316G2257G4990G1391G2532G3172G2904G2532G1849G2532G3568G2532G1519G3956G165G281