30 and (A)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

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30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(A) after them.

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19 (A)holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have (B)made shipwreck of their faith, 20 among whom are (C)Hymenaeus and (D)Alexander, whom I (E)have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to (F)blaspheme.

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19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B) 20 Among them are Hymenaeus(C) and Alexander,(D) whom I have handed over to Satan(E) to be taught not to blaspheme.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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(A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (C)will turn away from listening to the truth and (D)wander off into myths.

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  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(A) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(B) They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(C)

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26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called (A)Christians.

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26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples(A) were called Christians first(B) at Antioch.

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33 Your eyes will see strange things,
    and your heart utter (A)perverse things.

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33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
    and your mind will imagine confusing things.

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19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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Yet this you have: you hate the works of (A)the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(A) which I also hate.

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For (A)certain people (B)have crept in unnoticed (C)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (D)the grace of our God into sensuality and (E)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I want (F)to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that (G)Jesus, who saved[a] a people out of the land of Egypt, (H)afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And (I)the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as (J)Sodom and Gomorrah and (K)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (L)pursued unnatural desire,[b] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (M)blaspheme the glorious ones. But when (N)the archangel (O)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing (P)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, (Q)“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 (R)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in (S)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (T)to Balaam's error and (U)perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs[c] (V)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (W)shepherds feeding themselves; (X)waterless clouds, (Y)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (Z)uprooted; 13 (AA)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (AB)their own shame; (AC)wandering stars, (AD)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that Enoch, (AE)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, (AF)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 (AG)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (AH)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (AI)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, (AJ)following their own sinful desires; (AK)they are loud-mouthed boasters, (AL)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved
  2. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh
  3. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes

For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(A) 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.(B)

Though you already know all this,(C) I want to remind you(D) that the Lord[b] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(E) And 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.(F) In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(G) and the surrounding towns(H) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(I)

In 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.(J) But even the archangel(K) Michael,(L) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(M) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[c](N) 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(O)

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(P) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(Q) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(R)

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(S) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(T) They are clouds without rain,(U) blown along by the wind;(V) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(W)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(X) foaming up their shame;(Y) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(Z)

14 Enoch,(AA) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(AB) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(AC) 15 to judge(AD) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[d](AE) 16 These people are grumblers(AF) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(AG) they boast(AH) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
  2. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus
  3. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).
  4. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

For (A)many deceivers (B)have gone out into the world, (C)those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(A) as coming in the flesh,(B) have gone out into the world.(C) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(D)

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18 For, (A)speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely (B)escaping from those who live in error.

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18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.

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False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed. And (F)in their greed they will exploit you (G)with false words. (H)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are (A)Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth, (B)saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

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17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus(A) and Philetus, 18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place,(B) and they destroy the faith of some.(C)

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