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They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the angels who 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. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>These men are hidden reefs<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> 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. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: <p class="indent1stline">“Behold, the Lord is coming <p class="indent2"> with myriads of His holy ones <A name="16"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>to execute judgment on everyone, <p class="indent1"> and to convict all the ungodly <p class="indent2"> of every ungodly act of wickedness <p class="indent2"> and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">A Call to Persevere<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../hebrews/10.htm#19">Hebrews 10:19–39</a>; <a href ="../2_peter/3.htm">2 Peter 3:1–7</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt; <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">Doxology<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/16.htm#25">Romans 16:25–27</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— <span class="reftext"><a href="/jude/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <p class="reg"> Amen.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> NE, WH, BYZ, and TR <i>the Lord</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> This account is attributed by Origen to the Testament of Moses, also called the Assumption of Moses.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>are blemishes</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> See the First Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9).<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> See <a href="../2_peter/3.htm#3">2 Peter 3:3</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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