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12 These are the men who are [a]hidden reefs (A)in your love feasts when they feast with you (B)without fear, caring for themselves; (C)clouds without water, (D)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [b]doubly dead, (E)uprooted; 13 (F)wild waves of the sea, casting up (G)their own [c]shame like foam; wandering stars, (H)for whom the [d]black darkness has been reserved forever.

14 But (I)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, “(J)Behold, the Lord came with [e]many thousands of His holy ones, 15 (K)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 (L)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 16 These are (M)grumblers, finding fault, (N)following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks (O)arrogantly, [f]flattering people (P)for the sake of their own benefit.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

17 But you, (Q)beloved, (R)must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by (S)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “(T)In the last time there will be mockers, (U)following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, [g](V)worldly-minded, not having the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  2. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  3. Jude 1:13 Or shameless deeds
  4. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom; lit blackness of darkness
  5. Jude 1:14 Lit His holy ten thousands
  6. Jude 1:16 Lit marveling faces
  7. Jude 1:19 Or merely natural