1 ¶ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: See also: 1 Peter 1:5 1 Thessalonians 5:23 1 Peter 2:9 John 14:22 John 17:15
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. See also: 2 Peter 1:2 1 Peter 1:2 Revelation 1:4-6 Romans 1:7
3 ¶ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. See also: 1 Timothy 6:12 Philippians 1:27 Jude 1:20 2 Timothy 1:13 Titus 1:4
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. See also: 2 Peter 2:1-3 Galatians 2:4 2 Peter 2:10 Titus 1:15-16 1 Peter 2:16
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. See also: Hebrews 3:16 Numbers 26:64-65 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 Psalms 106:26 Numbers 14:22-37
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. See also: 2 Peter 2:4 Matthew 25:41 Ephesians 6:12 Matthew 8:29 2 Peter 2:9
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. See also: Deuteronomy 29:23 Romans 1:26-27 2 Peter 2:6 Genesis 18:20 Genesis 19:24-26
8 ¶ Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. See also: Hebrews 13:17 2 Peter 2:10-12 Exodus 22:28 1 Timothy 1:10 1 Peter 2:17
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. See also: Zechariah 3:2 2 Peter 2:11 Deuteronomy 34:6 Daniel 12:1 Revelation 12:7
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. See also: 2 Peter 2:12 Romans 1:21-22
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. See also: 2 Peter 2:15 1 John 3:12 Revelation 2:14 Genesis 4:3-14 Hebrews 11:4
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; See also: Matthew 15:13 2 Peter 2:17-20 Ezekiel 34:8 Proverbs 25:14 Ephesians 4:14
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. See also: 2 Peter 2:17 Philippians 3:19 Isaiah 57:20 Psalms 65:7 2 Timothy 3:13
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, See also: Deuteronomy 33:2 Psalms 50:3-5 Hebrews 11:5-6 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 1 Thessalonians 3:13
15 ¶ To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. See also: Ecclesiastes 11:9 1 Corinthians 4:5 Revelation 22:12-15 Exodus 16:8 1 Samuel 2:3
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. See also: 2 Peter 2:18 Philippians 2:14 2 Peter 2:10 1 Timothy 6:5 1 Corinthians 10:10
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; See also: 2 Peter 3:2 1 John 4:6 Ephesians 4:11 Acts 20:35 Malachi 4:4
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. See also: 2 Peter 3:3 2 Timothy 4:3 2 Timothy 3:1-5 2 Timothy 3:13 1 Timothy 4:1-2
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. See also: 1 Corinthians 2:14 Proverbs 18:1 Romans 8:9 James 3:15 Hosea 9:10
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, See also: Ephesians 6:18 Romans 8:26-27 1 Corinthians 14:15 Colossians 2:7 1 Thessalonians 5:11
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. See also: 1 John 4:16 Lamentations 3:25-26 Hebrews 9:28 John 15:9-10 2 Peter 3:12
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: See also: James 5:19-20 Galatians 6:1 1 John 5:16-18 Hebrews 6:4-8 Jude 1:4-13
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. See also: 1 Timothy 4:16 1 Corinthians 15:33 Revelation 3:4 2 Corinthians 7:10-12 2 Thessalonians 3:14
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, See also: 2 Timothy 4:18 Ephesians 3:20 Colossians 1:22 John 10:29-30 Hebrews 13:20-21
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. See also: 1 Timothy 1:17 Revelation 5:13-14 John 5:44 1 Peter 5:10-11 Revelation 4:9-11