1From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.G2455G1401G2424G5547G1161G80G2385G37G1722G2316G3962G2532G5083G2424G5547G28222May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!G1656G5213G2532G1515G2532G26G41293Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.G27G4160G3956G4710G1125G5213G4012G2839G4991G2192G318G2192G1125G5213G3870G1864G4102G530G3860G404For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.G1063G5100G444G3921G3588G4270G3819G4270G1519G5124G2917G765G3346G5485G2257G2316G1519G766G2532G720G3441G1203G2316G2532G2257G2962G2424G55475Now I want to remind you, even though you are fully aware of these things, that the Lord who once saved his people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe.G1014G1161G5279G5209G5279G5209G530G1492G5124G3754G2962G4982G2992G1537G1093G125G1208G622G4100G33616He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.G5037G32G5083G3361G1438G746G235G620G2398G3613G5083G126G1199G5259G2217G1519G2920G3173G22507Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.G5613G4670G2532G1116G2532G4172G4012G846G3664G5125G5158G1608G2532G565G3694G2087G4561G4295G1164G5254G1349G166G44428In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.G3668G3305G2532G3778G1797G3392G3303G4561G1161G114G2963G1161G987G13919Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"G1161G3413G743G3753G1252G1228G1256G4012G4983G3475G5111G3756G2018G988G2920G235G2036G2962G2008G467110Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct.G1161G3778G987G3745G3303G1492G3756G1161G3745G1987G5447G5613G249G2226G1722G5125G535111How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did, rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.G3759G846G3754G4198G3598G2535G2532G1632G4106G903G3408G2532G622G485G287912These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.G3778G1526G4694G1722G5216G26G4910G5213G4165G1438G870G3507G504G4064G5259G417G1186G5352G175G1364G599G161013They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.G66G2949G2281G1890G1438G152G4107G792G3739G5083G2217G4655G1519G16514Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.G1161G1802G2532G1442G575G76G4395G5125G3004G2400G2962G2064G1722G3461G846G4015He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."G4160G2920G2596G3956G2532G1827G3956G765G846G4012G3956G846G763G2041G3739G764G2532G4012G3956G4642G3739G765G268G2980G2596G84616These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.G3778G1526G1113G3202G4198G2596G846G1939G2532G846G4750G2980G5246G4383G2296G5484G562217But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.G1161G27G3415G5210G4487G3588G4280G5259G652G2257G2962G2424G554718They kept telling you, "In the last times mockers will appear, following their own ungodly desires."G3754G3754G3004G5213G2071G1703G1722G2078G5550G4198G2596G1438G763G193919These are the people who cause divisions. They are worldly, devoid of the Spirit.G3778G1526G592G1438G5591G2192G3361G415120But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.G1161G5210G27G2026G1438G5216G40G4102G4336G1722G40G415121Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life.G5083G1438G1722G26G2316G4327G1656G2257G2962G2424G5547G1519G166G222222Show mercy to those who have doubts.G2532G3303G3739G1653G125223Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.G1161G3739G4982G1722G5401G726G1537G4442G3404G2532G5509G4695G575G456124Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,G1161G1410G5442G5209G846G679G2532G2476G299G2714G846G1391G1722G2025to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and for all eternity! Amen.G3441G4680G2316G2257G4990G1391G2532G3172G2904G2532G1849G2532G3568G2532G1519G3956G165G281
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