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. 4 For certain people have ^ecrept in unnoticed who ^flong ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into ^gsensuality and ^hdeny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, ⁱwho saved³ a people out of the land of Egypt, ^jafterward destroyed ^kthose who did not believe. 6 ^lAnd the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 ^mjust as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise ⁿindulged in sexual immorality and pursued ^ounnatural desire,⁴ serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, ^preject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when the ^qarchangel ^rMichael, contending with the devil, was disputing about ^sthe body of Moses, he ^tdid not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, ^u“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 ^vBut these people blaspheme all that ^wthey do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in ^xthe way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to ^yBalaam’s ^zerror and perished in ^aKorah’s rebellion. 12 ^bThese are hidden reefs⁵ at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^cshepherds feeding themselves; ^dwaterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 ^ewild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that ^fEnoch, ^gthe seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ^hten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are ⁱloud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

17 But ^jyou must remember, beloved, the predictions of the ^kapostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They⁶ said to you, ^l“In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who ^mcause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, ⁿbuilding yourselves up in your most holy faith and ^opraying in the Holy Spirit, 21 ^pkeep yourselves in the love of God, ^qwaiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even ^rthe garment⁷ stained by the flesh.

24 ^sNow to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you ^tblameless ^ubefore the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^vbe glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time⁸ and now and forever. Amen.