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¹ JUDE, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and the brother of James, to the called people, the beloved of God the Father, the preserved by Jesus the Messiah:² Mercy and peace in love, be multiplied to you.

³ My beloved, while I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, exhorting you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.⁴ For some have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were registered beforehand under this condemnation: wicked men, who pervert the grace of God to impurity, and deny him who is the only Lord God and our Lord, Jesus the Messiah.⁵ And I wish to remind you, though ye all know it, that God, after once rescuing the people from Egypt, again destroyed them who believed not.⁶ And the angels that kept not their primacy, but left their station, he hath reserved in chains unknown, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.⁷ As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the surrounding cities, which in like manner followed whoredom and went after strange flesh, are placed beneath everlasting fire, being, doomed to judgment.

⁸ In the same manner, too, these sensual dreamers defile the flesh and despise authority, and revile excellency.⁹ But Michael the archangel, who, in debate with the Accuser, contended about the body of Moses, did not venture to bring against him a reviling declaration; but said, The Lord will rebuke thee.¹⁰ But these [fn] revile things which they do not understand; and in the things of which they have a natural persuasion as animal beings, in these they corrupt themselves. ¹¹ Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain; and, after the error of Balaam, they have lusted for gain; and, in the rebellion of Korah, they have perished.¹² These are they who, in their feastings, riot while polluting themselves, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without rain, moved about by the winds; trees whose fruit hath failed, and they are without fruit, twice dead, and uplifted from their root;¹³ raging waves of the sea, which, by their foam, manifest their confusion; shootingstars, for which is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.¹⁴ And of them also prophesied Enoch, who was the seventh from Adam, when he said: Behold, the Lord cometh, with myriads of his saints;

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all; and to convict all the wicked, because of all the deeds they have wickedly committed; and because of all the hard speeches, which they, ungodly sinners, have uttered.¹⁶ These are they who murmur and complain of every thing, while they walk according to their lusts; and their mouth speaketh shocking things; and they flatter people, for the sake of gain.¹⁷ But do ye, my beloved, remember the words which were before spoken by the legates of our Lord Jesus the Messiah;¹⁸ because they told you, that in the end of the times there would be scoffers, going after wickedness, according to their lusts.¹⁹ These are they that separate [fn] , sensual persons, not having the Spirit. ²⁰ But, my beloved, be ye built up anew, in your holy faith, through the Holy Spirit, while ye pray.²¹ And let us keep ourselves in the love of God, while we wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah unto our eternal life.²² And some of them, snatch ye from the fire.²³ And when they repent, have compassion on them, with fear, hating even the tunic that is defiled by the flesh.²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,²⁵ 25 before his majesty, with joy, [fn] the only God, our Deliverer, by means of Jesus the Messiah our Lord, be praise, and dominion, and honor, and majesty, both now and in all ages. Amen.