1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to

those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the

Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:

1:2 May mercy and peace and love be increased in you.

1:3 My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which

I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was

necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my

heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been

given to the saints once and for ever.

1:4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out

before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the

fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false

to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1:5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had

knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a

people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who

had no faith;

1:6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went

out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal

chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.

1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having

like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone

after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the

punishment of eternal fire.

1:8 In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean,

having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.

1:9 Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting

against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use

of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be

your judge.

1:10 But these men say evil about such things as they have no

knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural

knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their

destruction.

1:11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running

uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come

to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

1:12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they

take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear

take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before

the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by

the roots,

1:13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame,

wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for

ever.

1:14 The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of

these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,

1:15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all

those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil

acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things

which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

1:16 These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change,

going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words,

respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

1:17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were

said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:18 How they said to you, In the last days there will be men

who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy

things.

1:19 These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not

having the Spirit.

1:20 But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most

holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life

eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:22 And have pity on those who are in doubt;

1:23 And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire;

and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing

which is made unclean by the flesh.

1:24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to

give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great

joy,

1:25 To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before

all time and now and for ever. So be it.