30 Also (A)from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking [a]perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 20:30 misleading

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 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are (A)Hymenaeus and (B)Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to (C)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 they might be made manifest, that none of them were 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 will come when they will not endure (B)sound doctrine, (C)but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and (D)be turned aside to fables.

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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. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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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 will utter perverse things.

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

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The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

19 Better (A)is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, 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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But this you have, that you hate the deeds of 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 certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Old and New Apostates

But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that (A)the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their [b]proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as (B)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [c]vengeance of eternal fire.

(C)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (D)speak evil of [d]dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in [e]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (E)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (F)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (G)of Cain, (H)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (I)in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are [f]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [g]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 (J)raging waves of the sea, (K)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars (L)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the (M)harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Apostates Predicted

16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they (N)mouth great swelling words, (O)flattering people to gain advantage.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:4 NU omits God
  2. Jude 1:6 own
  3. Jude 1:7 punishment
  4. Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories
  5. Jude 1:9 arguing
  6. Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
  7. Jude 1:12 NU, M along

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.)

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

For (A)many deceivers have gone out into the world (B)who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. (C)This is a deceiver and an 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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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping

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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Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:3 M will not

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 message will spread like cancer. (A)Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, 18 who have strayed concerning the truth, (B)saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow 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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