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1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

1From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.

2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

2May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!

3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

3Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

4For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

5Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;

5Now I want to remind you, even though you are fully aware of these things, that the Lord who once saved his people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe.

6and the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day.

6He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day.

7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire.

8In the same way these people--relying on their dreams--defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones.

8In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings.

9Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses's body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

9Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

10But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct--like irrational animals--by these things they are destroyed.

10Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct.

11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam's error for profit, and have perished in Korah's rebellion.

11How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did , rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.

12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn--fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.

12These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.

13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

13They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

14It was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: "Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones

14Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.

15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him."

15He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."

16These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

16These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

17But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

17But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

18They told you, "In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires."

18They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires."

19These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.

19These are the people who cause divisions. They are worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

20But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.

21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

21Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life.

22Have mercy on those who waver;

22Show mercy to those who have doubts.

23save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

23Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

24Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy,

24Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,

25to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.

25to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and for all eternity! Amen.

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