Jude
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Jude 1
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1:1) Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:
1:2) Mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.
• The Sin and Doom of Godless Men
1:3) Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
1:4) For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
1:5) Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
1:6) And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
1:7) In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
1:8) In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings.
1:9) But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
1:10) Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals--these are the very things that destroy them. [Verses 7‑10 - a profile of those political movements promoting unnatural sex. (kcm)]
1:11) Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion.
1:12) These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm --shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead.
1:13) They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. [Without honor, no respect and have no caution or fear.]
1:14) Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones
1:15) to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
1:16) These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. [The value of fellowship among godly men mitigates the temptation to delve in fleshly lusts. Solitude induces a sense of vulnerability which sparks a desire for physical gratification. Fellowship, friendship, brotherhood among people of like‑minded interest in the Kingdom of God fills this natural need while increasing one's spiritual strength. (je)]
• A Call to Persevere
1:17) But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.
1:18) They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."
1:19) These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
1:20) But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.
1:21) Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. [Keep yourself in the love of God, Praying in the Holy Spirit as you wait for the mercy.]
1:22) Be merciful to those who doubt; [No "stoning the unbeliever" here. (je)]
1:23) snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. [Referring to the ungodly.]
• Doxology
1:24) To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy -- [He finds no fault in the Believer.]
1:25) to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
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