| Epistle Dedicatory |
| Verse 1 - Jude, the servant of
Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the
Father, preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. |
| Verse 2 - Mercy unto you, and
peace and love be multiplied |
| Verse 3 - Beloved, when I gave
all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to
write to you, and exhort you, that ye should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered to the saints. |
| Verse 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 into lasciviousnesa, and denying the
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Verse 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, afterwards destroyed them that believed
not. |
| Verse 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. |
| Verse 7 - Even as Sodom and
Gomorrah, 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. |
| Verse 8 - Likewise also these
filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of
dignities. |
| Verse 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. |
| Verse 10 - But these speak evil
of the things which they know not; but what they know naturally, as brute
beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. |
| Verse 11 - Woe unto them, for
they have gone the way of Cain, and run greedily after the error of Balaam for
reward, and perished in like gainsaying of Korah. |
| Verse 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. |
| Verse 13 - Raging waves of the
sea, foaming out their shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved (he
blackness of darkness for ever. |
| Verse 14 - And Enoch also, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousand of his saints. |
| Verse 15 - To execute judgment
upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly amongst them of all their
ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. |
| Verse 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. |
| Verse 17 - But, beloved,
remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ. |
| Verse 18 - How that they told
you that there should be mockers in the last time, walking after their own
ungodly lusts. |
| Verse 19 - Those be they who
separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. |
| Verse 20 - But ye, beloved,
build up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy
Ghost. |
| Verse 21 - Keep yourselves in
the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life. |
| Verse 22, 23 - And of some
have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them
out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. |
| Verse 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. |
| Verse 25 - To the only wise God,
our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, now and ever.
Amen. |
