Jude 1
1 Jude, the
servant of
Jesus Christ, and brother of
James, to them that are
sanctified by God the
Father, and preserved in
Jesus Christ, [and]
called: 2 Mercy unto
you, and peace, and love, be
multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I
gave all diligence to
write unto
you of the
common salvation, it
was needful for
me to
write unto
you, and
exhort [you] that ye should earnestly
contend for the
faith which was
once delivered unto the
saints. 4 For there are
certain men crept in
unawares,
who were
before of
old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly
men, turning the
grace of
our God in
to lasciviousness, and denying the
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I
will therefore put you in
remembrance, though
ye once knew this, how
that the
Lord, having
saved the
people out
of the
land of
Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not. 6 And the
angels which
kept not their first
estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath
reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the
great day. 7 Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the
cities about them in
like manner, giving themselves over to
fornication,
and going after strange flesh, are set forth
for an
example, suffering the
vengeance of
eternal fire. 8 Likewise also these [filthy]
dreamers defile the
flesh,
despise dominion, and speak
evil of
dignities. 9 Yet Michael the
archangel, when contending with the
devil he
disputed about the
body of
Moses, durst not bring against
him a
railing accusation, but said, The
Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these speak
evil of those things
which they know not: but what they
know naturally, as brute beasts, in those
things they corrupt
themselves.
11 Woe unto
them! for they have
gone in the
way of
Cain, and ran greedily
after the
error of
Balaam for
reward, and perished in the
gainsaying of
Core. 12 These are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they
feast with
you, feeding themselves without
fear: clouds [they are] without
water, carried
about of winds; trees whose fruit
withereth, without
fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the
roots;
13 Raging waves of the
sea, foaming
out their
own shame; wandering stars, to
whom is
reserved the
blackness of
darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied of
these, saying,
Behold, the
Lord cometh with ten
thousands of
his saints, 15 To
execute judgment upon all, and to
convince all that are
ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed,
and of all their
hard [speeches]
which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their
own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great
swelling [words], having men's
persons in
admiration because of
advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken
before of the
apostles of
our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they
told you there should
be mockers in the
last time, who should
walk after their
own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who
separate themselves, sensual, having not the
Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building
up yourselves on
your most
holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the
love of
God, looking
for the
mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have
compassion, making a
difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out
of the
fire; hating even the
garment spotted by the
flesh. 24 Now unto him that is
able to
keep you from
falling, and to
present [you]
faultless before the
presence of
his glory with exceeding
joy, 25 To the
only wise God our Saviour, [be]
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.