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| | Darby Translation (1889) - go to synopsis | Authorised (King James) Version (1769) |
| 1 | Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God [the] Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: | Jude, 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: |
| 2 | Mercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied. | Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. |
| 3 | Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. | Beloved, 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. |
| 4 | For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly [persons], turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. | For 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. |
| 5 | But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of [the] land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed. | I 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. |
| 6 | And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day; | And 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. |
| 7 | as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire. | Even 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. |
| 8 | Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile [the] flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities. | Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. |
| 9 | But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against [him], but said, [The] Lord rebuke thee. | Yet 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. |
| 10 | But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves. | But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. |
| 11 | Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. | Woe 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. |
| 12 | These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; | These 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; |
| 13 | raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. | Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. |
| 14 | And Enoch, [the] seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord has come amidst his holy myriads, | And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, |
| 15 | to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard [things] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. | To 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. |
| 16 | These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit. | These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. |
| 17 | But ye, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, | But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
| 18 | that they said to you, that at [the] end of the time there should be mockers, walking after their own lusts of ungodlinesses. | How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. |
| 19 | These are they who set [themselves] apart, natural [men], not having [the] Spirit. | These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. |
| 20 | But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, | But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, |
| 21 | keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. | Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. |
| 22 | And of some have compassion, making a difference, | And of some have compassion, making a difference: |
| 23 | but others save with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. | And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. |
| 24 | But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory, | Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, |
| 25 | to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, might, and authority, from before the whole age, and now, and to all the ages. Amen. | To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. |