Jude 3-4
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Judgment on False Teachers
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our (A)common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you (B)to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For (C)certain people (D)have crept in unnoticed (E)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (F)the grace of our God into sensuality and (G)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Jude 3-4
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Contend for the Faith
3 Dear friends, although I[a] was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered it a necessity to write to you to encourage you to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints. 4 For certain men[b] have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:3 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was making”) which is understood as concessive
- Jude 1:4 Or “people,” since the Greek term can be used in a generic sense, but if this statement is related to 2 Peter 2:12, it is more likely men are in view
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