1 Jude, a servant¹ of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are ^acalled, ^bbeloved in God the Father and kept for² Jesus Christ:

2 May mercy, peace, and love be ^cmultiplied to you.

3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our ^dcommon salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.