Jude’s Purpose in Writing

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,(A) I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith(B) that was delivered(C) to the saints once for all. For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago,[a](D) have come in by stealth;(E) they are ungodly,(F) turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying(G) Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Or whose judgment was written about long ago

Occasion of the Letter

Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.(A) For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Or the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ