Jude 1:21 - Prayer Tents

Greeting

1Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.G2455G1401G2424G5547G1161G80G2385G37G1722G2316G3962G2532G5083G2424G5547G2822

2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.G1656G5213G2532G1515G2532G26G4129

Jude’s Purpose in Writing

3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.G27G4160G3956G4710G1125G5213G4012G2839G4991G2192G318G2192G1125G5213G3870G1864G4102G530G3860G40

4For certain men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.G1063G5100G444G3921G3588G4270G3819G4270G1519G5124G2917G765G3346G5485G2257G2316G1519G766G2532G720G3441G1203G2316G2532G2257G2962G2424G5547

Apostates: Past and Present

5Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: the Lord, having first of all saved a people out of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe;G1014G1161G5279G5209G5279G5209G530G1492G5124G3754G2962G4982G2992G1537G1093G125G1208G622G4100G3361

6and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling.G5037G32G5083G3361G1438G746G235G620G2398G3613G5083G126G1199G5259G2217G1519G2920G3173G2250

7In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions, just as they did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.G5613G4670G2532G1116G2532G4172G4012G846G3664G5125G5158G1608G2532G565G3694G2087G4561G4295G1164G5254G1349G166G4442

8Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, despise authority, and blaspheme glorious beings.G3668G3305G2532G3778G1797G3392G3303G4561G1161G114G2963G1161G987G1391

9Yet Michael the archangel, when he was disputing with the Devil in a debate about Moses' body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"G1161G3413G743G3753G1252G1228G1256G4012G4983G3475G5111G3756G2018G988G2920G235G2036G2962G2008G4671

10But these people blaspheme anything they don't understand, and what they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals— they destroy themselves with these things.G1161G3778G987G3745G3303G1492G3756G1161G3745G1987G5447G5613G249G2226G1722G5125G5351

11Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah's rebellion.G3759G846G3754G4198G3598G2535G2532G1632G4106G903G3408G2532G622G485G2879

The Apostates’ Doom

12These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn— fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;G3778G1526G4694G1722G5216G26G4910G5213G4165G1438G870G3507G504G4064G5259G417G1186G5352G175G1364G599G1610

13wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever!G66G2949G2281G1890G1438G152G4107G792G3739G5083G2217G4655G1519G165

14And Enoch, in the seventh [generation] from Adam, prophesied about them: Look! The Lord comes with thousands of His holy onesG1161G1802G2532G1442G575G76G4395G5125G3004G2400G2962G2064G1722G3461G846G40

15to execute judgment on all, and to convict them of all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against Him.G4160G2920G2596G3956G2532G1827G3956G765G846G4012G3956G846G763G2041G3739G764G2532G4012G3956G4642G3739G765G268G2980G2596G846

16These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.G3778G1526G1113G3202G4198G2596G846G1939G2532G846G4750G2980G5246G4383G2296G5484G5622

17But you, dear friends, remember the words foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;G1161G27G3415G5210G4487G3588G4280G5259G652G2257G2962G2424G5547

18they told you, "In the end time there will be scoffers walking according to their own ungodly desires."G3754G3754G3004G5213G2071G1703G1722G2078G5550G4198G2596G1438G763G1939

19These people create divisions and are merely natural, not having the Spirit.G3778G1526G592G1438G5591G2192G3361G4151

Exhortation and Benediction

20But you, dear friends, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,G1161G5210G27G2026G1438G5216G40G4102G4336G1722G40G4151

21keep yourselves in the love of God, expecting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.G5083G1438G1722G26G2316G4327G1656G2257G2962G2424G5547G1519G166G2222

22Have mercy on some who doubt;G2532G3303G3739G1653G1252

23save others by snatching [them] from the fire; on others have mercy in fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.G1161G3739G4982G1722G5401G726G1537G4442G3404G2532G5509G4695G575G4561

24Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,G1161G1410G5442G5209G846G679G2532G2476G299G2714G846G1391G1722G20

25to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now, and forever. Amen.G3441G4680G2316G2257G4990G1391G2532G3172G2904G2532G1849G2532G3568G2532G1519G3956G165G281