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Contend for the Faith

although I[fn] was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered it a necessity to write to you to encourage you to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.[fn] have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

Condemnation of the Ungodly False Teachers

although you know everything once and for all,[fn] that Jesus,[fn] having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe. the angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day, pursued unnatural desire[fn] in the same way as these, are exhibited as an example by[fn] undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

men, because of their[fn] dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings. things they are being destroyed.[fn] in the rebellion of Korah.

[fn] these people, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with tens of thousands of his holy ones[fn] concerning all their ungodly deeds that they have committed in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. people are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their[fn] desires, and their mouths speaking pompous words, showing partiality to gain an advantage[fn].

Persevere in the Love of God

[fn] “In the end time there will be scoffers following according to their own ungodly desires.” by[fn] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by[fn] praying in the Holy Spirit, by[fn] snatching them from the fire, and have mercy on others with fear, hating even the tunic stained by the flesh.

5:21 “Jude” is the traditional form of the name introducing the letter, but the Greek form is the same as “Judas”

5:21 Or perhaps “by”

5:21 *Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was making”) which is understood as concessive

5:21 Or “people,” since the Greek term can be used in a generic sense, but if this statement is related to 2 Peter 2:12, |link-href="None"it is more likely men are in view

5:21 Some manuscripts place this word in the following clause

5:21 Some manuscripts have “the Lord”

5:21 Literally “went after other flesh”

5:21 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“undergoing”) which is understood as means

5:21 *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“dreams”) which is understood as causal

5:21 Or possibly “will perish”

5:21 Or “against”

5:21 Some manuscripts have “to convict every soul”

5:21 Some manuscripts have “their own”

5:21 Literally “respecting faces for the sake of advantage”

5:21 Some manuscripts have “to you that”

5:21 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“building up”) which is understood as means

5:21 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“praying”) which is understood as means

5:21 *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“snatching”) which is understood as means

5:21 Or “without blemish”