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^[a](a)Jude, a ^(b)bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of ^[b]James, To ^(c)those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and ^(d)kept for Jesus Christ:

^(e)May mercy and peace and love ^(f)be multiplied to you.

^(g)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our ^(h)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you ⁽ⁱ⁾contend earnestly for ^(j)the faith which was once for all ^(k)handed down to ^(l)the ^[c]saints.

For certain persons have ^(m)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand ^[d](n)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn ^(o)the grace of our God into ^(p)licentiousness and ^(q)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I desire to ^(r)remind you, though ^(s)you know all things once for all, that ^[e]the Lord, ^(t)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, ^[f]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

And ^(u)angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has ^(v)kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

just as ^(w)Sodom and Gomorrah and the ^(x)cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and ^(y)went after ^[g]strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^[h](z)example in undergoing the ^(aa)punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, ^(ab)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile ^[i]angelic majesties.

But ^(ac)Michael ^(ad)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about ^(ae)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "^(af)The Lord rebuke you!"

But ^(ag)these men revile the things which they do not understand; and ^(ah)the things which they know by instinct, ^(ai)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are ^[j]destroyed.

Woe to them! For they have gone ^(aj)the way of Cain, and for pay ^[k]they have rushed headlong into ^(ak)the error of Balaam, and ^(al)perished in the rebellion of Korah.

These are the men who are ^[l]hidden reefs ^(am)in your love feasts when they feast with you ^(an)without fear, caring for themselves; ^(ao)clouds without water, ^(ap)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, ^[m]doubly dead, ^(aq)uprooted;

^(ar)wild waves of the sea, casting up ^(as)their own ^[n]shame like foam; wandering stars, ^(at)for whom the ^[o]black darkness has been reserved forever.

It was also about these men that ^(au)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "^(av)Behold, the Lord came with ^[p]many thousands of His holy ones,

^(aw)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ^(ax)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

These are ^(ay)grumblers, finding fault, ^(az)following after their own lusts; ^[q]they speak ^(ba)arrogantly, flattering people ^(bb)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

But you, ^(bc)beloved, ^(bd)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^(be)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that they were saying to you, "^(bf)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(bg)following after their own ungodly lusts."

These are the ones who cause divisions, ^[r](bh)worldly-minded, ^[s]devoid of the Spirit.

But you, ^(bi)beloved, ^(bj)building yourselves up on your most holy ^(bk)faith, ^(bl)praying in the Holy Spirit,

keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(bm)waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

save others, ^(bn)snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, ^(bo)hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

^(bp)Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to ^(bq)make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with ^(br)great joy,

to the ^(bs)only ^(bt)God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^(bu)be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, ^(bv)before all time and now and ^[t]forever. Amen.