| Book 65 Jude |
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Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James,
to them that are sanctified by God
the Father, and preserved
in Jesus Christ,
and called: |
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Mercy unto you, and peace,
and love, be multiplied. |
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Beloved, when I gave all diligence
to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. |
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For there are certain men
crept in unawares,
who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation,
ungodly men, turning
the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying the only Lord God,
and our Lord Jesus
Christ. |
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I will therefore put you in remembrance,
though ye once knew this, how that the Lord,
having saved the people
out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed them that believed not. |
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And the angels which kept not their
first estate, but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting
chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great
day. |
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Even as Sodom and Gomorrha,
and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to
fornication, and going after strange
flesh, are set forth for an example,
suffering the vengeance
of eternal fire. |
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Likewise also these filthy dreamers
defile the flesh,
despise dominion,
and speak evil
of dignities. |
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Yet Michael the archangel,
when contending with the devil
he disputed about the  body
of Moses, durst
not bring against him a railing
accusation, but said, The Lord
rebuke thee. |
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But these speak evil
of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally,
as brute beasts,
in those things they corrupt themselves. |
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Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain,
and ran greedily after
the error of Balaam for reward, and perished
in the gainsaying of Core. |
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These are spots in your feasts
of charity, when they feast
with you, feeding themselves
without fear: clouds
they are without water, carried about
of winds; trees
whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
twice dead,
plucked up by the roots; |
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Raging waves of the sea,
foaming out their own shame; wandering
stars,
to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness for ever. |
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And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, |
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To execute judgment upon all, and
to convince all that are ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all
their hard speeches which ungodly
sinners have spoken
against him. |
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These are murmurers, complainers,
walking after
their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh
great swelling
words, having
men's persons
in admiration because
of advantage. |
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But, beloved, remember
ye the words which were spoken
before of the apostles
of our Lord Jesus
Christ; |
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How that they told you there should be mockers
in the last time, who should walk after
their own ungodly lusts. |
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These be they who separate themselves,
sensual, having not the Spirit. |
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But ye, beloved, building up yourselves
on your most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost, |
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Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ
unto eternal life. |
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And of some have compassion, making a difference: |
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And others save with fear, pulling
them out of the fire; hating even the
garment spotted
by the flesh. |
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory
with exceeding joy, |
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To the only wise God our Saviour,
be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen. |