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NASB | Jude 1:4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
Subject: Brothers and sisters |
Bible Note: Dear Atterbury, I was hoping you'd come out of John 14 and 15 with about 30 attributes. The fruit of the Spirit has nothing to do with the world's definition of these things. For example, sometimes the most loving thing we can do for people is to rebuke, correct, and retrain. Iron sharpens iron. It is not all warm and fuzzy. Applying the truth to a situation can be highly painful. Nevertheless, failing to correct ungodly behavior is not a matter of love, but a matter of hatred (e.g., Proverbs 13:24). The Puritans used to say, "Being kind to the wolves is being cruel to the sheep." In Him, Doc |