Now I want to (A)remind you, though (B)you know everything once and for all, that [a]the Lord, (C)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, [b]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. And (D)angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has (E)kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, just as (F)Sodom and Gomorrah and the (G)cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and (H)went after [c]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [d](I)example in undergoing the (J)punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, (K)defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic [e]majesties. But (L)Michael (M)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about (N)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “(O)The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But (P)these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and (Q)all the things that they know by instinct, (R)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone (S)the way of Cain, and for pay [f]they have given themselves up to (T)the error of Balaam, and (U)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are [g]hidden reefs (V)in your love feasts when they feast with you (W)without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; (X)clouds without water, (Y)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [h]doubly dead, (Z)uprooted; 13 (AA)wild waves of the sea, churning up (AB)their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, (AC)for whom the [i]gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these people that (AD)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “(AE)Behold, the Lord has come with [j]many thousands of His holy ones, 15 (AF)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which (AG)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 16 These are (AH)grumblers, finding fault, (AI)following after their own lusts; [k]they speak (AJ)arrogantly, flattering people (AK)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

17 But you, (AL)beloved, (AM)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by (AN)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “(AO)In the last time there will be mockers, (AP)following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, [l](AQ)worldly-minded, [m]devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, (AR)beloved, (AS)building yourselves up on your most holy (AT)faith, (AU)praying in the Holy Spirit,

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:5 One early ms Jesus
  2. Jude 1:5 Lit the second time
  3. Jude 1:7 Lit different; or other flesh
  4. Jude 1:7 Or example of eternal fire, in undergoing punishment
  5. Jude 1:8 Lit glories
  6. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out
  7. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  8. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  9. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom
  10. Jude 1:14 Lit His holy ten thousands
  11. Jude 1:16 Lit their mouth speaks
  12. Jude 1:19 Or merely natural
  13. Jude 1:19 Lit not having

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