Jude 3-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jude’s Purpose in Writing
3 Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,(A) I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith(B) that was delivered(C) to the saints once for all. 4 For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago,(D) have come in by stealth;(E) they are ungodly,(F) turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying(G) Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
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Jude 3-4
English Standard Version
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
The Message
Fight with All You Have in You
3-4 Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.
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