1 ¶ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ:

2 May mercy, peace, and love, be yours in abundance.

3 ¶ Beloved, although I wanted to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the faith that has now been entrusted to the saints.

4 For there are certain men who have slipped in unnoticed, ungodly men, whose condemnation was recorded long ago, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness, and deny our only master and Lord, our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I want to remind you, although you already know it, that the Lord, having delivered the people from the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.

6 And the angels who did not keep their first estate, but went outside their bounds, have been kept by him in darkness bound with everlasting chains until the judgment of the great day.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, that similarly gave themselves over to sexual immorality, and perversion, lie before us as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

8 ¶ In the same way these filthy dreamers also defile their bodies, despise authority, and speak evil of Christ’s glory.

9 Yet the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil contending about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing accusation against him, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.

10 But these men speak evil of things that they have no knowledge of: but in those things that they do know naturally, they corrupt themselves, like irrational animals.

11 Woe to them! for they have gone the way of Cain, and rushed headlong into the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12 These are filthy spots in your feasts of charity, where they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: they are clouds without water, carried along by winds; withering trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied of these men, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with tens of thousands of his saints,

15 ¶ To execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds 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, complainers, following their own lusts; and their mouth speaks pompous words, flattering to gain an advantage.

17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the things spoken in advance by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How they told you that there would be scoffers in the last times, following their own ungodly lusts.

19 These are the ones who cause divisions, following their lower nature, not having the Spirit.

20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

21 Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 Reach out in compassion, to some who waver:

23 Others save with fear, cautiously pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before his glorious presence with great joy,

25 To the only wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.