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NASB					Jude 1:3 ¶ ^ABeloved²⁷, while I was making⁴¹⁶⁰ every³⁹⁵⁶ effort⁴⁷¹⁰ to write¹¹²⁵ you about⁴⁰¹² our ^Bcommon²⁸³⁹ salvation⁴⁹⁹¹, I felt²¹⁹² the necessity³¹⁸ to write¹¹²⁵ to you appealing³⁸⁷⁰ that you ^Ccontend¹⁸⁶⁴ earnestly¹⁸⁶⁴ for ^Dthe faith⁴¹⁰² which was once⁵³⁰ for all⁵³⁰ ^Ehanded³⁸⁶⁰ down³⁸⁶⁰ to ^Fthe ¹saints⁴⁰.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Jude 1:3 ¶ Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you ¹fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all ²handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers].

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Or holy ones

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Lit contend earnestly.

There is no "secret knowledge" or "better way" or alternative belief system which God has revealed to some unique group or teacher. The truth is available to everyone.

NASB Cross References:
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Heb 6:9 ¶ But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

Titus 1:4 ¶ To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Acts 6:7 ¶ The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

2 Pet 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;

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Greek Heb.

agapêtos; from 25; beloved:--beloved(60), very dear(1).

hagios; from a prim. root; sacred, holy:--Holy(92), holy(62), Holy of Holies(1), holy one(5), holy ones(1), holy place(7), most holy(1), saint(1), saints(59), saints'(1), sanctuary(2).

318

anagkê; from 303 and agchô (to compress, press tight); necessity:--compulsion(3), constraint(1), distress(3), distresses(1), hardships(1), inevitable(1), necessary(2), necessity(3), need(2), obliged*(1).

530

hapax; from 1 (as a cop. pref.) and a prim. root pag-; once:--once(9), once for all(3), once more(2).

1125

graphô; a prim. vb.; to write:--read(1), sent this letter(1), write(37), writes(1), writing(14), written(117), wrote(20).

1864

epagônizomai; from 1909 and 75; to contend with or for:--contend earnestly(1).

2192

echô; a prim. vb.; to have, hold:--ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).

2839

koinos; from 4862; common:--common(3), common property(1), impure(2), unclean(5), unholy(5).

3860

paradidômi; from 3844 and 1325; to hand over, to give or deliver over, to betray:--betray(17), betrayed(10), betraying(9), betrays(3), commended(1), committed(3), deliver(6), delivered(21), delivered over(1), delivering(3), entrusted(3), entrusting(1), gave(4), gave...over(3), given...over(1), hand(6), handed(9), handed...over(1), handed down(4), handed over(4), hands(1), permits(1), put(1), putting(1), risked(1), surrender(1), taken into custody(2), turn...over(1).

3870

parakaleô; from 3844 and 2564; to call to or for, to exhort, to encourage:--appeal(4), appealed(1), appealing(2), beg(1), begging(2), beseeching(1), comfort(5), comforted(11), comforts(2), conciliate(1), encourage(6), encouraged(4), encouraging(3), entreat(1), exhort(8), exhortation*(1), exhortations(1), exhorted(2), exhorting(3), exhorts(1), given(1), implore(4), implored(9), imploring(5), invited(2), making an appeal(1), plead(1), pleaded(1), pleading(1), preach(1), requested(1), urge(17), urged(5), urging(1).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4012

peri; a prim. prep.; about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or subject):--about(103), about*(1), against(4), all around(1), around(12), around*(1), because(2), behalf(4), case*(1), cause*(1), circumstances*(1), companions*(1), concerning(48), condition*(1), connection(2), followers*(1), help(1), neighborhood(1), over(1), over...about(1), refers(1), regard(3), regarding(4), vicinity(1).

4102

pistis; from 3982; faith, faithfulness:--faith(238), faithfulness(3), pledge(1), proof(1).

4160

poieô; a prim. word; to make, do:--accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring...to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did...do(2), do(170), does(16), does...do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1).

4710

spoudê; from 4692; haste, diligence:--diligence(4), earnestness(5), effort(1), hurry(2).

4991

sôtêria; from 4990; deliverance, salvation:--deliverance(2), preservation(1), salvation(42).

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