Jude : King James Version

1 1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of
James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved
in Jesus Christ, and called: 2Mercy unto you, and peace,
and love, be multiplied. 3Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful
for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before
of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and
our Lord Jesus Christ. 5I will therefore put you in
remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having
saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them
that believed not. 6And the angels which kept not their
first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great
day. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about
them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and
going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering
the vengeance of eternal fire. 8Likewise also these
filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil
of dignities. 9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending
with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring
against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10But these speak evil of those things which they know
not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things
they corrupt themselves. 11Woe unto them! for they have
gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam
for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12These
are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water,
carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13Raging waves of
the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is
reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14And Enoch
also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold,
the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly
among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him. 16These are murmurers, complainers,
walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great
swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of
advantage. 17But, beloved, remember ye the words which
were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19These be
they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy
faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in
the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a
difference: 23And others save with fear, pulling them out
of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24Now
unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,
dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.