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(A)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our (B)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you exhorting that you (C)contend earnestly for (D)the faith which was once for all (E)handed down to (F)the [a]saints. For certain persons have (G)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand [b](H)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn (I)the grace of our God into (J)sensuality and (K)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  1. Jude 1:3 Or holy ones
  2. Jude 1:4 Or written about...long ago

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