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The Warnings of History to the Ungodly

^1 (F1)(C1)Jude, a ^(C2)bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of ^(F2)James, To ^(C3)those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and ^(C4)kept for Jesus Christ:^2 (C1)May mercy and peace and love ^(C2)be multiplied to you.

^3 (C1)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our ^(C2)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you ^(C3)contend earnestly for ^(C4)the faith which was once for all ^(C5)handed down to ^(C6)the ^(F1)saints.⁴ For certain persons have ^(C1)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand ^(F1)(C2)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn ^(C3)the grace of our God into ^(C4)licentiousness and ^(C5)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

⁵ Now I desire to ^(C1)remind you, though ^(C2)you know all things once for all, that ^(F1)the Lord, ^(C3)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, ^(F2)subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.⁶ And ^(C1)angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has ^(C2)kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,⁷ just as ^(C1)Sodom and Gomorrah and the ^(C2)cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and ^(C3)went after ^(F1)strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^(F2)(C4)example in undergoing the ^(C5)punishment of eternal fire.

⁸ Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, ^(C1)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile ^(F1)angelic majesties.⁹ But ^(C1)Michael ^(C2)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about ^(C3)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "^(C4)The Lord rebuke you!"¹⁰ But ^(C1)these men revile the things which they do not understand; and ^(C2)the things which they know by instinct, ^(C1)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are ^(F1)destroyed.¹¹ Woe to them! For they have gone ^(C1)the way of Cain, and for pay ^(F1)they have rushed headlong into ^(C2)the error of Balaam, and ^(C3)perished in the rebellion of Korah.¹² These are the men who are ^(F1)hidden reefs ^(C1)in your love feasts when they feast with you ^(C2)without fear, caring for themselves; ^(C3)clouds without water, ^(C4)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, ^(F2)doubly dead, ^(C5)uprooted;^13 (C1)wild waves of the sea, casting up ^(C2)their own ^(F1)shame like foam; wandering stars, ^(C3)for whom the ^(F2)black darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁴ It was also about these men that ^(C1)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "^(C2)Behold, the Lord came with ^(F1)many thousands of His holy ones,^15 (C1)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 ^(C2)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."¹⁶ These are ^(C1)grumblers, finding fault, ^(C2)following after their own lusts; ^(F1)they speak ^(C3)arrogantly, flattering people ^(C4)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

¹⁷ But you, ^(C1)beloved, ^(C2)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^(C3)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,¹⁸ that they were saying to you, "^(C1)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(C2)following after their own ungodly lusts."¹⁹ These are the ones who cause divisions, ^(F1)(C1)worldly-minded, ^(F2)devoid of the Spirit.²⁰ But you, ^(C1)beloved, ^(C2)building yourselves up on your most holy ^(C1)faith, ^(C3)praying in the Holy Spirit,²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(C1)waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.²² And have mercy on some, who are doubting;²³ save others, ^(C1)snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, ^(C2)hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

^24 (C1)Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to ^(C2)make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with ^(C3)great joy,²⁵ to the ^(C1)only ^(C2)God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^(C3)be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, ^(C4)before all time and now and ^(F1)forever. Amen.