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But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people. </span><span class="v65_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.4" class="v65_1_4">4</span>Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.5" class="v65_1_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't forget what happened to those people the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them. </span><span class="v65_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.6" class="v65_1_6">6</span>You also know about the angels<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> who didn't do their work and left their proper places. God chained them with everlasting chains and is now keeping them in dark pits until the great day of judgment. </span><span class="v65_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.7" class="v65_1_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.7!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and committed all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.8" class="v65_1_8">8</span>The people I am talking about are behaving just like those dreamers who destroyed their own bodies. They reject all authority and insult angels. </span><span class="v65_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.9" class="v65_1_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Even Michael, the chief angel, didn't dare to insult the devil, when the two of them were arguing about the body of Moses.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.9!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> All Michael said was, “The Lord will punish you!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.10" class="v65_1_10">10</span>But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings. </span><span class="v65_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.11" class="v65_1_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.11!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and have made the same mistake that Balaam<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.11!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.11!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Because of all this, they will be destroyed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.12" class="v65_1_12">12</span>These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain. They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit. </span><span class="v65_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.13" class="v65_1_13">13</span>Their shameful deeds show up like foam on wild ocean waves. They are like wandering stars forever doomed to the darkest pits of hell.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.14" class="v65_1_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Enoch was the seventh person after Adam, and he was talking about these people when he said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v65_1_14">Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of holy angels </span><span class="v65_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.15" class="v65_1_15">15</span>to judge everyone. He will punish all those ungodly people for all the evil things they have done. The Lord will surely punish those ungodly sinners for every evil thing they have ever said about him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.16" class="v65_1_16">16</span>These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.</span></p><h3 class="s1">More Warnings</h3><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.17" class="v65_1_17">17</span>My dear friends, remember the warning you were given by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. </span><span class="v65_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.18" class="v65_1_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> They told you that near the end of time, selfish and godless people would start making fun of God. </span><span class="v65_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.19" class="v65_1_19">19</span>And now these people are already making you turn against each other. They think only about this life, and they don't have God's Spirit.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.20" class="v65_1_20">20</span>Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray. </span><span class="v65_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.21" class="v65_1_21">21</span>And keep in step with God's love, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to show how kind he is by giving you eternal life. </span><span class="v65_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.22" class="v65_1_22">22</span>Be helpful to<a href="#fn" id="link_Jude.1.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> all who may have doubts. </span><span class="v65_1_23"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.23" class="v65_1_23">23</span>Rescue any who need to be saved, as you would rescue someone from a fire. Then with fear in your own hearts, have mercy on everyone who needs it. But hate even the clothes of those who have been made dirty by their filthy deeds.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Final Prayer</h3><p class="par"><span class="v65_1_24"><span class="reftext" id="Jude.1.24-Jude.1.25" class="v65_1_24">24-25</span>Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence. Before time began and now and forever, God is worthy of glory, honor, power, and authority. Amen.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">angels: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This may refer to the angels who liked the women on earth so much that they came down and married them (see Genesis 6.2).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Sodom and Gomorrah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">During the time of Abraham the Lord destroyed these cities because the people there were so evil.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Michael … the body of Moses: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This refers to what was said in an ancient Jewish book about Moses.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Cain's example: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Cain murdered his brother Abel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Balaam: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">According to the biblical account, Balaam refused to curse the people of Israel for profit (see Numbers 22.18; 24.13), though he led them to be unfaithful to the Lord (see Numbers 25.1-3; 31.16). But by New Testament times, some Jewish teachers taught that Balaam was greedy and did accept money to curse them.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">just as Korah did: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Together with Dathan and Abiram, Korah led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron (see Numbers 16.1-35; 26.9,10).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Be helpful to: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts have “Correct.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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