KJ3 Literal Translation
Jude 1
He encourages them to be constant in the profession of the faith.
1Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the ones called in God the Father, having been sanctified, and having been kept to Jesus Christ:
2Mercy and peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3Beloved ones, making all diligence to write to you about the common salvation, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once given over to the saints.
4For certain men slipped in stealthily, the ones having been of old written before to this judgment, ungodly ones perverting the grace of our God into unbridled lust, and denying the only Master, God, even our Lord Jesus Christ.
5But I purpose to remind you, you once knowing these things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed the ones not believing.
6And the ones of the angels not having kept their first place, but having left behind their dwellng place, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great Day;
7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and those cities around them, in like manner to these, committing fornication, and having gone after other flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing vengeance of everlasting fire.
8Likewise, indeed, also these dreaming ones even defile flesh, and reject lordship, and blaspheme glories.
9But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he argued about the body of Moses; he dared not bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, “Let the Lord rebuke you!” Zech. 3:2
10But as many things as they do not know, they speak evil of these. And what things they understand naturally, like the animals without reason, they are corrupted by these.
11Woe to them, because they went the way of Cain, and gave themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah!
12These are sunken rocks in your love feasts, feasting together with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds being carried about by winds, fruitless autumn trees, having died twice, having been plucked up by the roots;
13wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames, wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept to the age.
14And “the seventh from Adam,” Enoch, also prophesied to these men, saying, Behold, “the Lord came with” myriads “of His saints,”
15“to do judgment against all, and to rebuke all” the ungodly of them concerning all their ungodly works which they ungodly did, “and concerning all the hard things ungodly sinners spoke against Him.”
16These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their lusts, and their mouth speaks over swollen words, admiring faces for the sake of gain.
17But you, beloved ones, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18because they told you that at the last time there will be mockers going after ungodlinesses according to their lusts.
19These are the ones setting themselves apart, animal-like ones, not having the Spirit.
20But you, beloved ones, building yourselves up by your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21keep yourselves in the love of God, eagerly awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to everlasting life.
22And have mercy on some, making a distinction.
23But save others with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment having been stained from the flesh.
24Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with exultation;
25to the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, might and authority, even now and forever. Amen.
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