(A)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our (B)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you (C)contend earnestly for (D)the faith that was once for all time (E)handed down to (F)the [a]saints. For certain people 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)indecent behavior and (K)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  2. Jude 1:4 Or written about regarding this

Contend for the Faith

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you (A)concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting (B)you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [a]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:4 NU omits God