Jude · Majority Standard Bible
Jude 1 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
1 Ἰούδας, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφός δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ ἡγιασμένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς·
2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
2 ἔλεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πληθυνθείη.
3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
3 Ἀγαπητοί, πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιούμενος γράφειν ὑμῖν περὶ τῆς κοινῆς σωτηρίας, ἀνάγκην ἔσχον γράψαι ὑμῖν παρακαλῶν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει.
4 For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny God our only Master and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι, οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρῖμα, ἀσεβεῖς, τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριν μετατιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπότην καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι.
5 Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after the Lord had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
5 Ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ τοῦτο, ὅτι ὁ Κύριος λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας, τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν,
6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
6 ἀγγέλους τε τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχήν, ἀλλὰ ἀπολιπόντας τὸ ἴδιον οἰκητήριον εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας δεσμοῖς ἀϊδίοις ὑπὸ ζόφον τετήρηκεν·
7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
7 ὡς Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις τὸν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον ἐκπορνεύσασαι καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα, πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι.
8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
8 ὁμοίως μέντοι καὶ οὗτοι ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσι, κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσι, δόξας δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν.
9 But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
9 ὁ δὲ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος, ὅτε τῷ διαβόλῳ διακρινόμενος διελέγετο περὶ τοῦ Μωσέως σώματος, οὐκ ἐτόλμησε κρίσιν ἐπενεγκεῖν βλασφημίας, ἀλλ᾽ εἶπεν· ἐπιτιμήσαι σοι Κύριος.
10 These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
10 οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασι βλασφημοῦσιν, ὅσα δὲ φυσικῶς ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα ἐπίστανται, ἐν τούτοις φθείρονται.
11 Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
11 οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν ἐπορεύθησαν, καὶ τῇ πλάνῃ τοῦ Βαλαὰμ μισθοῦ ἐξεχύθησαν, καὶ τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κορὲ ἀπώλοντο.
12 These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
12 Οὗτοί εἰσιν ἐν ταῖς ἀγάπαις ὑμῶν σπιλάδες, συνευωχούμενοι ἀφόβως, ἑαυτοὺς ποιμαίνοντες, νεφέλαι ἄνυδροι ὑπὸ ἀνέμων παραφερόμεναι, δένδρα φθινοπωρινά, ἄκαρπα, δίς ἀποθανόντα, ἐκριζωθέντα,
13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
13 κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης ἐπαφρίζοντα τὰς ἑαυτῶν αἰσχύνας, ἀστέρες πλανῆται, οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τετήρηται.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
14 προεφήτευσε δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ Ἐνὼχ λέγων· ἰδοὺ ἦλθε Κύριος ἐν ἁγίαις μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ,
15 to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly among them of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
15 ποιῆσαι κρίσιν κατὰ πάντων καὶ ἐλέγξαι πάντας τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς αὐτῶν περὶ πάντων τῶν ἔργων ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν ὧν ἠσέβησαν καὶ περὶ πάντων τῶν σκληρῶν ὧν ἐλάλησαν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀσεβεῖς.
16 These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
16 Οὗτοί εἰσι γογγυσταί, μεμψίμοιροι, κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν πορευόμενοι, καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελείας χάριν.
17 But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
17 Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
18 when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
18 ὅτι ἔλεγον ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάτῳ χρόνῳ ἔσονται ἐμπαῖκται κατὰ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἐπιθυμίας πορευόμενοι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν.
19 These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
19 Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀποδιορίζοντες, ψυχικοί, Πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες.
20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
20 Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἑαυτούς, ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
21 ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ τηρήσατε, προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
22 And indeed, have mercy on some, making a distinction;
22 καὶ οὓς μὲν ἐλεεῖτε διακρινόμενοι,
23 save others with fear by snatching them from the fire, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
23 οὓς δὲ ἐν φόβῳ σῴζετε, ἐκ [τοῦ] πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.
24 Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling and to present them unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
24 Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι αὐτοὺς ἀπταίστους καὶ στῆσαι κατενώπιον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ ἀμώμους ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει,
25 to the only wise God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion and authority both now and for all eternity. Amen.
25 μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, δόξα καὶ μεγαλωσύνη, κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
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Named in the Gospels among Jesus' brothers as Judas (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3), and honored as the author of the epistle of Jude, who calls himself 'a brother of James' (Jude 1).…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 13:55; Jude 1:1
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- 1 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Peter 2:9; Romans 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:9
- 2 2 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2; Revelation 1:4–6; Romans 1:7
- 3 1 Timothy 6:12; Philippians 1:27; Jude 20; Titus 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:13
- 4 2 Peter 2:1–3; Galatians 2:4; 2 Peter 2:10; Titus 1:15–16; 1 Peter 2:16
- 5 Numbers 26:64–65; Hebrews 3:16–4:2; 1 Corinthians 10:1–12; Psalm 106:26; Numbers 14:22–37
- 6 2 Peter 2:4; Matthew 25:41; Ephesians 6:12; Matthew 8:29; 2 Peter 2:9
- 7 Deuteronomy 29:23; Romans 1:26–27; 2 Peter 2:6; Genesis 18:20; Genesis 19:24–26
- 8 Hebrews 13:17; 2 Peter 2:10–12; Exodus 22:28; 1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Peter 2:17
- 9 Zechariah 3:2; 2 Peter 2:11; Deuteronomy 34:6; Revelation 12:7; Daniel 12:1
- 10 2 Peter 2:12; Romans 1:21–22
- 11 2 Peter 2:15; 1 John 3:12; Revelation 2:14; Genesis 4:3–14; Hebrews 11:4
- 12 2 Peter 2:17–20; Matthew 15:13; Ezekiel 34:8; Proverbs 25:14; Philippians 3:19
- 13 2 Peter 2:17; Philippians 3:19; Isaiah 57:20; Psalm 65:7; Revelation 20:10
- 14 Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalm 50:3–5; Hebrews 11:5–6; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8; 1 Thessalonians 3:13
- 15 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Timothy 1:9; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Revelation 22:12–15; Romans 14:10
- 16 2 Peter 2:18; Philippians 2:14; 2 Peter 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:5; Jude 18
- 17 2 Peter 3:2; 1 John 4:6; Ephesians 4:11; Acts 20:35; Malachi 4:4
- 18 2 Peter 3:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; 1 Timothy 4:1–2
- 19 1 Corinthians 2:14; Proverbs 18:1; Romans 8:9; James 3:15; Hosea 9:10
- 20 Ephesians 6:18; Romans 8:26–27; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Colossians 2:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:11
- 21 1 John 4:16; Lamentations 3:25–26; Hebrews 9:28; John 15:9–10; 2 Peter 3:12
- 22 James 5:19–20; Galatians 6:1; 1 John 5:16–18; Jude 4–13; Hebrews 6:4–8
- 23 1 Timothy 4:16; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Revelation 3:4; 2 Corinthians 7:10–12; 2 Thessalonians 3:14
- 24 2 Timothy 4:18; Ephesians 3:20; Colossians 1:22; John 10:29–30; Hebrews 13:20–21
- 25 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 5:13–14; John 5:44; 1 Peter 5:10–11; Revelation 4:9–11
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