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:
Mercy unto you,
and peace,
and love,
be multiplied.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Likewise
also these filthy dreamers
defile
the flesh,
despise dominion,
and speak evil
of dignities.
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.
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.
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.
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;
Raging waves
of the sea,
foaming
out their own shame;
wandering stars,
to whom
is reserved the blackness
of darkness
for ever.
And Enoch also,
the seventh
from Adam,
prophesied
of these,
saying,
Behold,
the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of
his saints,
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.
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.
But,
beloved,
remember
ye the words
which were spoken before
of the apostles
of our Lord Jesus Christ;
How that
they told you
there should be mockers
in the last time,
who should walk
after their own
ungodly lusts.
These be
they
who separate themselves,
sensual,
having not
the Spirit.
But ye,
beloved,
building up yourselves
on your most holy faith,
praying
in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves
in the love
of God,
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
And of some
have compassion,
making a difference:
And others
save
with fear,
pulling them
out of the fire;
hating even
the garment spotted
by the flesh.
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,
To the
only wise God our Saviour,
be glory
and majesty,
dominion
and power,
both now
and ever.
Amen.