^1aJude, a ^bbond-servant of Jesus Christ and brother of ²James,

To ^cthose who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and ^dkept for Jesus Christ: 2 ^aMay mercy, peace, and love ^bbe multiplied to you.

3 ^aBeloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our ^bcommon salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you ^ccontend earnestly for ^dthe faith that was once for all time ^ehanded down to ^fthe ¹saints. 4 For certain people have ^acrept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand ^1bmarked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn ^cthe grace of our God into ^dindecent behavior and ^edeny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want to ^aremind you, though ^byou know everything once and for all, that ¹the Lord, ^cafter saving a people out of the land of Egypt, ²subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And ^aangels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has ^bkept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as ^aSodom and Gomorrah and the ^bcities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and ^cwent after ¹strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^2dexample in undergoing the ^epunishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, ^adefile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic ¹majesties. 9 But ^aMichael ^bthe archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about ^cthe body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “^dThe Lord rebuke you!” 10 But ^athese people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and ^ball the things that they know by instinct, ^clike unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone ^athe way of Cain, and for pay ¹they have given themselves up to ^bthe error of Balaam, and ^cperished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are ¹hidden reefs ^ain your love feasts when they feast with you ^bwithout fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; ^cclouds without water, ^dcarried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, ²doubly dead, ^euprooted; 13 ^awild waves of the sea, churning up ^btheir own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, ^cfor whom the ¹gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these people that ^aEnoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “^bBehold, the Lord has come with ¹many thousands of His holy ones, 15 ^ato execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ^bungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 16 These are ^agrumblers, finding fault, ^bfollowing after their own lusts; ¹they speak ^carrogantly, flattering people ^dfor the sake of gaining an advantage.

17 But you, ^abeloved, ^bought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^cthe apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “^aIn the last time there will be mockers, ^bfollowing after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, ^1aworldly-minded, ²devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, ^abeloved, ^bbuilding yourselves up on your most holy ^cfaith, ^dpraying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, ^alooking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, ^asnatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, ^bhating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

24 ^aNow to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to ^bmake you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with ^cgreat joy, 25 to the ^aonly ^bGod our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^cbe glory, majesty, dominion, and authority ^dbefore all time and now and ¹forever. Amen.