Beginning

¹ The elder, To the elect Lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not only me but also all who have known the truth

² for the truth’s sake, which dwells in us and shall be with us forever:

³ Grace be with you, mercy and peace, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, with truth and love.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children walking in truth, as per the Commandment we have received from the Father.

⁵ And now I encourage you, Lady, (not as writing a new Commandment to you, but the same which we had from the beginning) that we love one another.

⁶ And this is the love that we should walk in: His Commandments. This is the Commandment. As you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

⁷ For many deceivers have entered into this world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Such a one is a deceiver and an Antichrist.

⁸ Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose the things which we have done. But that we may receive a full reward.

⁹ Whoever transgresses, and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ, does not have God. The one who continues in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, neither greet him nor receive him into your house.

¹¹ For the one who greets him shares in his evil deeds. Although I had many things to write to you, I would rather not write with paper and ink. But I trust to come to you and speak mouth to mouth, so that our joy may be full.

¹² The sons of your elect Sister greet you. Amen.

¹ The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:

² Beloved, I wish chiefly that you prosper and fare well as your soul prospers.

³ For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified of the truth that is in you; how you walk in the truth.

⁴ I have no greater joy than these: to hear that my sons walk in truth.

⁵ Beloved, you faithfully do whatever you do for the brother and for strangers;

⁶ who bore witness of your love before the churches. If you bring them on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you shall do well.

⁷ Because, they went forth for His Name’s sake and took nothing from the Gentiles.

⁸ Therefore, we ought to receive such, so that we might be helpers to the Truth.

⁹ I wrote to the church. But Diotrephes (who loves to have the pre-eminence among them) will not receive us.

¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will remind you of his deeds which he does - prattling against us with malicious words - and not content with this, he not only does not receive the brothers himself, but forbids those who would and thrusts them out of the church.

¹¹ Beloved, do not follow that which is evil, but that which is good. The one who does well is of God. But the one who does evil has not seen God.

¹² Demetrius has good report of all, and of the truth itself. Indeed, and we ourselves bear witness. And you know that our witness is true.

¹³ I have many things to write. But I will not write to you with ink and pen.

¹⁴ For I trust I shall shortly see you. And we shall speak mouth to mouth. Peace be with you. The friends salute you. Greet your friends by name.

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called and sanctified by God the Father, and reserved to Jesus Christ:

² Mercy to you, and peace and love be multiplied.

³ Beloved, while I diligently wrote to you of the common salvation, it became necessary for me to write to you in exhortation, so that you would earnestly contend for the faith which was once and for all given to the saints.

⁴ For some men have crept in who were long ago pre-ordained to this condemnation; ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into debauchery, and deny God, the only Lord and our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ Therefore, I will remind you (since you once knew this) how that the Lord - after He had delivered the people out of Egypt - destroyed those afterward who did not believe.

⁶ Also, the angels who did not keep their first estate - but left their own habitation - He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness until the judgment of the great Day;

⁷ as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them which committed fornication and followed strange flesh in the same way they did are set forth as an example and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

⁸ Likewise also, these dreamers defile the flesh and despise government and speak evil of those who are in authority.

⁹ Yet Michael, the archangel, when he strove against the devil and disputed about the body of Moses, did not dare speak evil against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

¹⁰ But these speak evil of those things which they do not know. And whatever things they know naturally (as beasts which are without reason), in those things they corrupt themselves.

¹¹ Woe to them! For they have followed the way of Cain and are cast away by the deceit of Balaam’s wages, and perish in the rebellion of Korah!

¹² These are reefs in your feasts of charity; feasting with you, shamelessly feeding themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by winds; corrupt trees without fruit, twice dead and plucked up by the roots.

¹³ They are the raging waves of the sea, foaming forth their own disgrace. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

¹⁴ And Enoch also - the seventh from Adam - prophesied of such, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with thousands of his saints

¹⁵ to give judgment against all, and to rebuke all the ungodly among them of all their wicked deeds which they have ungodly committed; and of all their cruel speech which wicked sinners have spoken against Him.”

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers (walking after their own lusts), whose mouths speak proud things; admiring others for the sake of advantage.

¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁸ how that they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk after their own ungodly lusts.

¹⁹ These are those who cause division from others; bestial, not having the Spirit.

²⁰ But you, beloved, edify yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.

²¹ And keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto eternal life.

²² And have compassion on some, making distinctions.

²³ But save others with fear, pulling them out of the fire. And hate even the garment which is defiled by the flesh.

²⁴ Now to Him Who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His Glory, with joy;

²⁵ to God - only wise, our Savior - be glory and majesty and dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.