(A)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our (B)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you (C)contend earnestly for (D)the faith which was once for all (E)handed down to (F)the [a]saints. For certain persons have (G)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand [b](H)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn (I)the grace of our God into (J)licentiousness and (K)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I desire to (L)remind you, though (M)you know all things once for all, that [c]the Lord, (N)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, [d]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:3 Or holy ones
  2. Jude 1:4 Or written about...long ago
  3. Jude 1:5 Two early mss read Jesus
  4. Jude 1:5 Lit the second time

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

Dear friends,(A) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(B) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(C) for the faith(D) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(E) For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(F) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(G)

Though you already know all this,(H) I want to remind you(I) that the Lord[b] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
  2. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus