Jude 1 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Warnings of History to the Ungodly

1 [a](A)Jude, a (B)bond-servant of Jesus Christ and brother of [b]James,

To (C)those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and (D)kept for Jesus Christ: 2 (E)May mercy, peace, and love (F)be multiplied to you.

3 (G)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our (H)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you (I)contend earnestly for (J)the faith that was once for all time (K)handed down to (L)the [c]saints. 4 For certain people have (M)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand [d](N)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn (O)the grace of our God into (P)indecent behavior and (Q)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want to (R)remind you, though (S)you know everything once and for all, that [e]the Lord, (T)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, [f]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And (U)angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has (V)kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as (W)Sodom and Gomorrah and the (X)cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and (Y)went after [g]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [h](Z)example in undergoing the (AA)punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, (AB)defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic [i]majesties. 9 But (AC)Michael (AD)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about (AE)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “(AF)The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But (AG)these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and (AH)all the things that they know by instinct, (AI)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone (AJ)the way of Cain, and for pay [j]they have given themselves up to (AK)the error of Balaam, and (AL)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are [k]hidden reefs (AM)in your love feasts when they feast with you (AN)without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; (AO)clouds without water, (AP)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [l]doubly dead, (AQ)uprooted; 13 (AR)wild waves of the sea, churning up (AS)their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, (AT)for whom the [m]gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these people that (AU)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “(AV)Behold, the Lord has come with [n]many thousands of His holy ones, 15 (AW)to 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 (AX)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” 16 These are (AY)grumblers, finding fault, (AZ)following after their own lusts; [o]they speak (BA)arrogantly, flattering people (BB)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

17 But you, (BC)beloved, (BD)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by (BE)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “(BF)In the last time there will be mockers, (BG)following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, [p](BH)worldly-minded, [q]devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, (BI)beloved, (BJ)building yourselves up on your most holy (BK)faith, (BL)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (BM)looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, (BN)snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, (BO)hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

24 (BP)Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to (BQ)make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with (BR)great joy, 25 to the (BS)only (BT)God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, (BU)be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority (BV)before all time and now and [r]forever. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:1 Gr Judas
  2. Jude 1:1 Or Jacob
  3. Jude 1:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  4. Jude 1:4 Or written about regarding this
  5. Jude 1:5 One early ms Jesus
  6. Jude 1:5 Lit the second time
  7. Jude 1:7 Lit different; or other flesh
  8. Jude 1:7 Or example of eternal fire, in undergoing punishment
  9. Jude 1:8 Lit glories
  10. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out
  11. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  12. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  13. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom
  14. Jude 1:14 Lit His holy ten thousands
  15. Jude 1:16 Lit their mouth speaks
  16. Jude 1:19 Or merely natural
  17. Jude 1:19 Lit not having
  18. Jude 1:25 Lit to all the ages

Cross references

  1. Jude 1:1 : Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; [Luke 6:16; John 14:22; Acts 1:13]
  2. Jude 1:1 : Rom 1:1
  3. Jude 1:1 : Rom 1:6f
  4. Jude 1:1 : John 17:11f; 1 Pet 1:5; Jude 21
  5. Jude 1:2 : Gal 6:16; 1 Tim 1:2
  6. Jude 1:2 : 1 Pet 1:2; 2 Pet 1:2
  7. Jude 1:3 : Heb 6:9; Jude 1, 17, 20
  8. Jude 1:3 : Titus 1:4
  9. Jude 1:3 : 1 Tim 6:12
  10. Jude 1:3 : Acts 6:7; Jude 20
  11. Jude 1:3 : 2 Pet 2:21
  12. Jude 1:3 : Acts 9:13
  13. Jude 1:4 : Gal 2:4; 2 Tim 3:6
  14. Jude 1:4 : 1 Pet 2:8
  15. Jude 1:4 : Acts 11:23
  16. Jude 1:4 : 2 Pet 2:7
  17. Jude 1:4 : 2 Tim 2:12; Titus 1:16; 2 Pet 2:1; 1 John 2:22
  18. Jude 1:5 : 2 Pet 1:12f; 3:1f
  19. Jude 1:5 : 1 John 2:20
  20. Jude 1:5 : Ex 12:51; 1 Cor 10:5-10; Heb 3:16f
  21. Jude 1:6 : 2 Pet 2:4
  22. Jude 1:6 : 2 Pet 2:9
  23. Jude 1:7 : Gen 19:24f; 2 Pet 2:6
  24. Jude 1:7 : Deut 29:23; Hos 11:8
  25. Jude 1:7 : 2 Pet 2:2
  26. Jude 1:7 : 2 Pet 2:6
  27. Jude 1:7 : Matt 25:41; 2 Thess 1:8f; 2 Pet 3:7
  28. Jude 1:8 : 2 Pet 2:10
  29. Jude 1:9 : Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; Rev 12:7
  30. Jude 1:9 : 1 Thess 4:16; 2 Pet 2:11
  31. Jude 1:9 : Deut 34:6
  32. Jude 1:9 : Zech 3:2
  33. Jude 1:10 : 2 Pet 2:12
  34. Jude 1:10 : Phil 3:19
  35. Jude 1:10 : 2 Pet 2:12
  36. Jude 1:11 : Gen 4:3-8; Heb 11:4; 1 John 3:12
  37. Jude 1:11 : Num 31:16; 2 Pet 2:15; Rev 2:14
  38. Jude 1:11 : Num 16:1-3, 31-35
  39. Jude 1:12 : 1 Cor 11:20ff; 2 Pet 2:13 and mg
  40. Jude 1:12 : Ezek 34:2, 8, 10
  41. Jude 1:12 : Prov 25:14; 2 Pet 2:17
  42. Jude 1:12 : Eph 4:14
  43. Jude 1:12 : Matt 15:13
  44. Jude 1:13 : Is 57:20
  45. Jude 1:13 : Phil 3:19
  46. Jude 1:13 : 2 Pet 2:17; Jude 6
  47. Jude 1:14 : Gen 5:18, 21ff
  48. Jude 1:14 : Deut 33:2; Dan 7:10; Matt 16:27; Heb 12:22
  49. Jude 1:15 : 2 Pet 2:6ff
  50. Jude 1:15 : 1 Tim 1:9
  51. Jude 1:16 : Num 16:11, 41; 1 Cor 10:10
  52. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet 2:10; Jude 18
  53. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet 2:18
  54. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet 2:3
  55. Jude 1:17 : Jude 3
  56. Jude 1:17 : 2 Pet 3:2
  57. Jude 1:17 : Heb 2:3
  58. Jude 1:18 : Acts 20:29; 1 Tim 4:1; 2 Tim 3:1f; 4:3; 2 Pet 3:3
  59. Jude 1:18 : Jude 4, 16
  60. Jude 1:19 : 1 Cor 2:14f; James 3:15
  61. Jude 1:20 : Jude 3
  62. Jude 1:20 : Col 2:7; 1 Thess 5:11
  63. Jude 1:20 : Jude 3
  64. Jude 1:20 : Eph 6:18
  65. Jude 1:21 : Titus 2:13; Heb 9:28; 2 Pet 3:12
  66. Jude 1:23 : Amos 4:11; Zech 3:2; 1 Cor 3:15
  67. Jude 1:23 : Zech 3:3f; Rev 3:4
  68. Jude 1:24 : Rom 16:25
  69. Jude 1:24 : 2 Cor 4:14
  70. Jude 1:24 : 1 Pet 4:13
  71. Jude 1:25 : John 5:44; 1 Tim 1:17
  72. Jude 1:25 : Luke 1:47
  73. Jude 1:25 : Rom 11:36
  74. Jude 1:25 : Heb 13:8

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