Judas
Palabra de Dios para Todos
1-3 Estimados hermanos que han sido llamados por Dios:
Les saludo yo, Judas, siervo de Jesucristo y hermano de Santiago. Dios Padre los ama y Jesucristo los protege. ¡Que cada vez reciban más misericordia, amor y paz!
Advertencia contra los falsos hermanos
He querido mucho escribirles acerca de la salvación que compartimos, pero ahora siento la necesidad de escribirles sobre otro asunto: les ruego que sigan luchando por la fe que Dios una vez y para siempre le dio a su pueblo santo. 4 Pues hay unos que se han metido secretamente entre ustedes; de ellos ya se ha dicho en las Escrituras que van a ser condenados. Están en contra de Dios, toman el generoso amor de Dios como excusa para justificar su conducta inmoral y niegan a Jesucristo, nuestro único Señor y Dueño.
5 Quiero recordarles algo que ustedes ya saben: que el Señor[a] salvó a su pueblo de Egipto pero luego destruyó a los que no creyeron. 6 Acuérdense también de los ángeles que no conservaron su posición de autoridad sino que abandonaron su propio lugar. Dios los mantiene en la oscuridad, atados eternamente con cadenas, esperando el gran día del juicio. 7 Recuerden también a Sodoma y Gomorra y a las ciudades cercanas. Dios las condenó al fuego eterno porque cometieron inmoralidades y perversiones sexuales. Son como los ángeles antes mencionados, su castigo nos sirve de advertencia.
8 No obstante, esos individuos también contaminan su cuerpo, viven soñando, no aceptan la autoridad de Dios e insultan a los seres espirituales superiores[b]. 9 Ni siquiera el arcángel Miguel cuando estaba discutiendo con el diablo sobre el cuerpo de Moisés se atrevió a maldecir al diablo, sino que le dijo: «¡Que el Señor te reprenda!» 10 Pero esos critican lo que no entienden, y lo poco que entienden lo usan para destruirse, como si fueran animales que actúan por instinto.
11 ¡Pobre gente! Se fueron por el mismo camino de Caín[c]. Por conseguir dinero se van por el camino equivocado como Balán[d], hablan contra la autoridad y son destruidos como le pasó a Coré[e].
12 Esos individuos son un peligro[f] para ustedes en sus reuniones fraternales. Sólo vienen a comer y a divertirse sin tener ningún respeto a Dios. Son como pastores que buscan su propio beneficio, como nubes sin agua que arrastra el viento y como árboles que ya deberían dar fruto pero no lo dan. Están completamente muertos, así que serán arrancados de raíz. 13 Así como todos pueden ver la espuma sucia de las fuertes olas del mar, todos pueden ver las cosas vergonzosas que ellos hacen. Su destino es igual al de una estrella fugaz[g] que pasa por el cielo y desaparece en la más negra oscuridad.
14 Enoc, que fue el séptimo descendiente desde Adán, dijo sobre esta gente: «¡Miren! el Señor va a venir con miles y miles de sus santos ángeles 15 para juzgar y castigar a cada uno por la maldad que haya hecho y por todo lo malo que haya dicho en contra de Dios». 16 Esta gente se la pasa quejándose y buscando faltas en los demás, pero ellos siempre hacen el mal que les da la gana. Se enorgullecen de sí mismos y adulan a los demás sólo para aprovecharse de ellos.
No olviden el mensaje de los apóstoles
17 Pero ustedes, estimados hermanos, recuerden las palabras que antes dijeron los apóstoles de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. 18 Ellos continuamente les decían: «En los últimos tiempos, habrá algunos que se burlarán de Dios y vivirán conforme a sus malos deseos». 19 Esos causan división, son mundanos y no tienen el Espíritu.
20 Pero ustedes, estimados hermanos, fortalézcanse unos a otros en su fe santísima. Oren por medio del Espíritu Santo. 21 Permanezcan en el amor de Dios. Sigan recibiendo la misericordia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo hasta que los lleve a la vida eterna.
22 Tengan compasión de los que tienen dudas. 23 A otros sálvenlos del fuego y traten al resto con misericordia, pero ¡ojo! tengan mucho cuidado, hay que odiar el pecado y rechazar hasta la ropa contaminada por la mala vida que ellos llevan.
Alaben a Dios
24 Dios es capaz de cuidarnos para que no caigamos, y puede también hacernos entrar a su presencia gloriosa con gran alegría y sin falta alguna. 25 Él es el único Dios y Salvador nuestro. A él sea la gloria, la grandeza, el poder y la autoridad por Jesucristo nuestro Señor, antes, ahora y siempre. Así sea.
Footnotes
- 1:5 el Señor Algunos manuscritos tienen Jesús.
- 1:8 los seres espirituales superiores Textualmente las glorias o los gloriosos.
- 1:11 Caín El hijo de Adán y Eva que mató a su hermano Abel. Ver Gn 4:1-16.
- 1:11 Balán Un falso profeta de Madián. Ver Nm 22-24; 31:8.
- 1:11 Coré Se rebeló contra Moisés. Ver Nm 16:1-40.
- 1:12 peligro Textualmente puede ser arrecife, mancha o mugre.
- 1:13 estrella fugaz o planeta.
Jude
King James Version
1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Jude
Revised Standard Version
Salutation
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Occasion of the Letter
3 Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a]
Judgment on False Teachers
5 Now I desire to remind you, though you were once for all fully informed, that he[b] who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels that did not keep their own position but left their proper dwelling have been kept by him in eternal chains in the nether gloom until the judgment of the great day; 7 just as Sodom and Gomor′rah and the surrounding cities, which likewise acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
8 Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.[c] 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, disputed about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a reviling judgment upon him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these men revile whatever they do not understand, and by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error, and perish in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are blemishes[d] on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
14 It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness which they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.
Warnings and Exhortations
17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; 21 keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And convince some, who doubt; 23 save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.[e]
Benediction
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, 25 to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen.
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