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1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ[fn] and brother of James, to those who are {loved}[fn] in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ, called: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation,[fn] I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. 4 For certain men 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},[fn] Jesus Christ.
5 Now I desire to remind you, knowing {once for all}[fn] that {the Lord},[fn] having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
8 Likewise, however, these people, while dreaming, defile the flesh, they reject authority, and blaspheme glories.[fn] 9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
10 These men, indeed, blaspheme in matters they do not understand; and in things they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed in these things.
11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
12 These are [the ones who are][fn] blemishes[fn] in your love feasts, feasting with you without fear, tending to themselves, waterless clouds carried {along}[fn] by winds, autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted, 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.
14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15 To execute judgment against all, and to convict {every soul}[fn] concerning all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in ungodliness, and concerning all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[fn]
16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after {their}[fn] desires; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.
17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, [[that]][fn] “{At the end of time}[fn] there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”[fn] 19 These are the ones who {cause divisions},[fn] worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,[fn] 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
24 Now to him who is able to keep {you}[fn] from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory blameless with great joy, 25 to the only [[wise]][fn] God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, [before all time],[fn] and now and forever. Amen.
1:1, Christ: The Greek word for Christ means (1) fulfiller of Israelite expectation of a deliverer, the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ, (2) the personal name ascribed to Jesus, Christ. (BDAG, Χριστός)
1:1, loved: Later manuscripts read “sanctified.” BYZ TR
1:3, ℵ(01) adds “and life.”
1:4, our only Master and Lord: Or “the only Master, and our Lord.”Later manuscripts read “And denying the only Master, God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” BYZ TR ‖ The early manuscript P72 reads “the law of us, our Master and Lord.”
1:5, once for all: Other manuscripts read “that you once knew everything.”
1:5, the Lord: ℵ(01) NA27 BYZ TR ‖ Other manuscripts read “Jesus.” A(02) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ This was changed from “Lord” in NA-27 to “Jesus” in NA28. In UBS-5 this variant is classified with {C} which indicates that the Committee had difficulty in deciding which variant to place in the text.” P72 is a third-century manuscript that contains the unique reading “God Christ.” “Lord” is selected over “Jesus” from the critical editions as that is the more theologically neutral option. “The Lord” is also attested by the critical editions of Wescott Hort, Tregelle, and the Greek text underlying the NIV translation.
1:8, glories: Or “glorious ones.”
1:12, the ones who are: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) BYZ TR
1:12, blemishes: The Greek word has two meanings: (1) a rocky hazard hidden by waves, a rock washed by the sea, a (hidden) reef or (2) that which soil or discolors, spit, stain (BDAG, σπιλάς)
1:12, along: Some manuscripts read “about.” TR
1:15, every soul: 𝔓72 ℵ(01) NA28 ‖ Other manuscripts read “all the ungodly.” A(02) B(03) C(04) SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Later manuscripts read “all of their ungodly.” BYZ TR
1:15, 1 Enoch 1:9
1:16, their: ℵ(01) A(02) B(03) SBLGNT THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “there own.” C(04) NA28
1:18, that: Some manuscripts include. 𝔓72 A(02) C(04) NA27[] THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Absent from ℵ(01) B(03) NA28 SBLGNT
1:18, At the end of time: 𝔓72 B(03) C(04) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “In the last times.” ℵ(01) A(02) BYZ TR
1:18, 2 Peter 3:3
1:19, cause divisions: Some manuscripts read “separate themselves.” C(04)
1:20, Spirit: The Greek word for Spirit is given the following definitions by BDAG: (1) air in movement, blowing, breathing, (2) that which animates or gives life to the body, breath , (life-)spirit, (3) a part of human personality, spirit, (4) an independent noncorporeal being, in contrast to a being that can be perceived by the physical senses, spirit, or (5) God's being as controlling influence, with focus on association with humans, Spirit, spirit ... (c) Because of its heavenly origin and nature this Spirit is called (the) Holy Spirit. (BDAG, πνεῦμα)
1:24, you: Later manuscripts read “them.” BYZ TR
1:25, wise: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR
1:25, before all time: Absent from some manuscripts. 𝔓72 BYZ TR