Chapter 1
A Greeting from Jude
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Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who [are] called, loved by God [the] Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
Ἰούδας δοῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δὲ ἀδελφὸς Ἰακώβου Τοῖς κλητοῖς ἠγαπημένοις ἐν Θεῷ Πατρὶ καὶ τετηρημένοις Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ Ioudas doulos Iēsou Christou de adelphos Iakōbou Tois klētois ēgapēmenois en Theō Patri kai tetērēmenois Iēsou Christō — NA/TR · 1
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Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Ἔλεος καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πληθυνθείη ὑμῖν Eleos kai eirēnē kai agapē plēthyntheiē hymin — NA/TR · 2
God’s Judgment on the Ungodly
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Beloved, [although] I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write [and] urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Ἀγαπητοί ποιούμενος πᾶσαν σπουδὴν γράφειν ὑμῖν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν κοινῆς ἔσχον ἀνάγκην γράψαι παρακαλῶν ὑμῖν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ πίστει παραδοθείσῃ ἅπαξ τοῖς ἁγίοις Agapētoi poioumenos pasan spoudēn graphein hymin peri tēs sōtērias hēmōn koinēs eschon anankēn grapsai parakalōn hymin epagōnizesthai tē pistei paradotheisē hapax tois hagiois — NA/TR · 3
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For certain men have crept in [among you] unnoticed— ungodly [ones] who were designated long ago for - condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι παρεισέδυσαν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς προγεγραμμένοι πάλαι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα μετατιθέντες τὴν χάριτα ἡμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ ἀρνούμενοι ἡμῶν τὸν μόνον Δεσπότην καὶ Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν gar tines anthrōpoi pareisedysan hoi asebeis progegrammenoi palai eis touto to krima metatithentes tēn charita hēmōn tou Theou eis aselgeian kai arnoumenoi hēmōn ton monon Despotēn kai Kyrion Iēsoun Christon — NA/TR · 4
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vvv Although you are fully aware of this…, I want to remind you that after… Jesus had delivered [His] people out of [the] land of Egypt, He destroyed those who vvv did not believe.
δὲ εἰδότας ὑμᾶς πάντα βούλομαι Ὑπομνῆσαι ὑμᾶς ὅτι τὸ δεύτερον ἅπαξ Ἰησοῦς σώσας λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἀπώλεσεν τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας de eidotas hymas panta boulomai Hypomnēsai hymas hoti to deuteron hapax Iēsous sōsas laon ek gēs Aigyptou apōlesen tous mē pisteusantas — NA/TR · 5
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And [the] angels who vvv did not stay within their [own] domain but abandoned their [proper] dwelling— [these] He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, {bound} for judgment on [that] great day.
τε ἀγγέλους τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας ἑαυτῶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀλλὰ ἀπολιπόντας τὸ ἴδιον οἰκητήριον τετήρηκεν ἀϊδίοις δεσμοῖς ὑπὸ ζόφον εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας te angelous tous mē tērēsantas heautōn tēn archēn alla apolipontas to idion oikētērion tetērēken aidiois desmois hypo zophon eis krisin megalēs hēmeras — NA/TR · 6
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- In like manner…, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued… strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain [the] punishment of eternal fire.
τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ὡς Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα καὶ αἱ πόλεις περὶ αὐτὰς ἐκπορνεύσασαι καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω ἑτέρας σαρκὸς πρόκεινται δεῖγμα ὑπέχουσαι δίκην αἰωνίου πυρὸς ton homoion tropon toutois hōs Sodoma kai Gomorra kai hai poleis peri autas ekporneusasai kai apelthousai opisō heteras sarkos prokeintai deigma hypechousai dikēn aiōniou pyros — NA/TR · 7
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Yet in the same way… these dreamers defile [their] bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious [beings].
μέντοι Ὁμοίως καὶ μὲν οὗτοι ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι μιαίνουσιν σάρκα δὲ ἀθετοῦσιν κυριότητα δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν δόξας mentoi Homoiōs kai men houtoi enypniazomenoi miainousin sarka de athetousin kyriotēta de blasphēmousin doxas — NA/TR · 8
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But [even] the archangel Michael, when vvv he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, vvv did not presume to bring a slanderous charge {against him}, but said, “[The] Lord rebuke you!”
δὲ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος ὁ Μιχαὴλ ὅτε διελέγετο διακρινόμενος τῷ διαβόλῳ περὶ τοῦ σώματος Μωϋσέως οὐκ ἐτόλμησεν ἐπενεγκεῖν βλασφημίας κρίσιν ἀλλὰ εἶπεν Κύριος Ἐπιτιμήσαι σοι de ho archangelos ho Michaēl hote dielegeto diakrinomenos tō diabolō peri tou sōmatos Mōuseōs ouk etolmēsen epenenkein blasphēmias krisin alla eipen Kyrios Epitimēsai soi — NA/TR · 9
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These [men], however, - slander what vvv they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively…
οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν βλασφημοῦσιν ὅσα οὐκ οἴδασιν δὲ ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα φθείρονται ἐν τούτοις ἐπίστανται φυσικῶς houtoi de hosa men blasphēmousin hosa ouk oidasin de hōs ta aloga zōa phtheirontai en toutois epistantai physikōs — NA/TR · 10
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Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπορεύθησαν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν καὶ ἐξεχύθησαν μισθοῦ τῇ πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ καὶ ἀπώλοντο τῇ τοῦ Κόρε ἀντιλογίᾳ ouai autois hoti eporeuthēsan tē hodō tou Kain kai exechythēsan misthou tē planē tou Balaam kai apōlonto tē tou Kore antilogia — NA/TR · 11
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These [men] are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting [with you] [but] shepherding [only] themselves. [They are] clouds without water, carried along by [the] wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ σπιλάδες ἐν ὑμῶν ταῖς ἀγάπαις ἀφόβως συνευωχούμενοι ποιμαίνοντες ἑαυτοὺς νεφέλαι ἄνυδροι παραφερόμεναι ὑπὸ ἀνέμων ἄκαρπα δένδρα φθινοπωρινὰ δὶς ἀποθανόντα ἐκριζωθέντα Houtoi eisin hoi spilades en hymōn tais agapais aphobōs syneuōchoumenoi poimainontes heautous nephelai anydroi parapheromenai hypo anemōn akarpa dendra phthinopōrina dis apothanonta ekrizōthenta — NA/TR · 12
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[They are] wild waves of [the] sea, foaming up their [own] shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved vvv forever.
ἄγρια κύματα θαλάσσης ἐπαφρίζοντα ἑαυτῶν τὰς αἰσχύνας πλανῆται ἀστέρες οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους τετήρηται εἰς αἰῶνα agria kymata thalassēs epaphrizonta heautōn tas aischynas planētai asteres hois ho zophos tou skotous tetērētai eis aiōna — NA/TR · 13
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- Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them -: “Behold, [the] Lord is coming with myriads of His holy [ones]
δὲ Ἑνὼχ ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ καὶ Προεφήτευσεν τούτοις λέγων Ἰδοὺ Κύριος ἦλθεν ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ ἁγίαις de Henōch hebdomos apo Adam kai Proephēteusen toutois legōn Idou Kyrios ēlthen en myriasin autou hagiais — NA/TR · 14
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to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every -… ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh [word] spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
ποιῆσαι κρίσιν κατὰ πάντων καὶ ἐλέγξαι πάντας τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς περὶ πάντων τῶν ὧν αὐτῶν ἠσέβησαν ἔργων ἀσεβείας καὶ περὶ πάντων τῶν σκληρῶν ὧν ἐλάλησαν κατ’ αὐτοῦ ἀσεβεῖς ἁμαρτωλοὶ poiēsai krisin kata pantōn kai elenxai pantas tous asebeis peri pantōn tōn hōn autōn ēsebēsan ergōn asebeias kai peri pantōn tōn sklērōn hōn elalēsan kat’ autou asebeis hamartōloi — NA/TR · 15
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These [men] are discontented grumblers, following after [their] own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
Οὗτοί εἰσιν μεμψίμοιροι γογγυσταί πορευόμενοι κατὰ τὰς αὐτῶν ἐπιθυμίας καὶ αὐτῶν τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα χάριν ὠφελείας Houtoi eisin mempsimoiroi gongystai poreuomenoi kata tas autōn epithymias kai autōn to stoma lalei hyperonka thaumazontes prosōpa charin ōpheleias — NA/TR · 16
A Call to Persevere
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But you, beloved, remember what vvv vvv was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
δέ Ὑμεῖς ἀγαπητοί μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἡμῶν τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ de Hymeis agapētoi mnēsthēte tōn rhēmatōn tōn proeirēmenōn hypo tōn apostolōn hēmōn tou Kyriou Iēsou Christou — NA/TR · 17
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when they said to you, “In [the] last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own vvv ungodly desires.”
ὅτι ἔλεγον ὑμῖν Ἐπ’ ἐσχάτου τοῦ χρόνου ἔσονται ἐμπαῖκται πορευόμενοι κατὰ ἑαυτῶν τῶν ἀσεβειῶν τὰς ἐπιθυμίας hoti elegon hymin Ep’ eschatou tou chronou esontai empaiktai poreuomenoi kata heautōn tōn asebeiōn tas epithymias — NA/TR · 18
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These are the [ones who] cause divisions, [who are] worldly vvv [and] devoid of [the] Spirit.
Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀποδιορίζοντες ψυχικοί μὴ ἔχοντες Πνεῦμα Houtoi eisin hoi apodiorizontes psychikoi mē echontes Pneuma — NA/TR · 19
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But you, beloved, by building yourselves {up} in your most holy faith [and] praying in [the] Holy Spirit,
δέ Ὑμεῖς ἀγαπητοί ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ὑμῶν ἁγιωτάτῃ πίστει προσευχόμενοι ἐν Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι de Hymeis agapētoi epoikodomountes heautous tē hymōn hagiōtatē pistei proseuchomenoi en Hagiō Pneumati — NA/TR · 20
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keep yourselves in [the] love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring [you] eternal life.
τηρήσατε ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος ἡμῶν τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αἰώνιον ζωὴν tērēsate heautous en agapē Theou prosdechomenoi to eleos hēmōn tou Kyriou Iēsou Christou eis aiōnion zōēn — NA/TR · 21
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And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
Καὶ μὲν ἐλεᾶτε οὓς διακρινομένους Kai men eleate hous diakrinomenous — NA/TR · 22
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- save others by snatching [them] from [the] fire; and to still others show mercy [ tempered ] with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
δὲ σῴζετε οὓς ἁρπάζοντες ἐκ πυρὸς δὲ οὓς ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν χιτῶνα ἐσπιλωμένον ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς de sōzete hous harpazontes ek pyros de hous eleate en phobō misountes kai ton chitōna espilōmenon apo tēs sarkos — NA/TR · 23
Doxology
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Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present [you] unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
δὲ Τῷ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι ὑμᾶς ἀπταίστους καὶ στῆσαι ἀμώμους αὐτοῦ τῆς δόξης κατενώπιον ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει de Tō dynamenō phylaxai hymas aptaistous kai stēsai amōmous autou tēs doxēs katenōpion en agalliasei — NA/TR · 24
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to [the] only God our Savior [be] glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
μόνῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν Σωτῆρι δόξα μεγαλωσύνη κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ Κυρίου πρὸ παντὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας Ἀμήν monō Theō hēmōn Sōtēri doxa megalōsynē kratos kai exousia dia Iēsou Christou hēmōn tou Kyriou pro pantos tou aiōnos kai nyn kai eis pantas tous aiōnas Amēn — NA/TR · 25