| New King James Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: | 1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ. |
| 2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. | 2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. |
| 3Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. | 3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. |
| 4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. | 4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. |
| 5But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. | 5Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; |
| 6And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; | 6and the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day. |
| 7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. | 7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. |
| 8Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. | 8In the same way these people--relying on their dreams--defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones. |
| 9Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” | 9Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses's body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" |
| 10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. | 10But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct--like irrational animals--by these things they are destroyed. |
| 11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. | 11Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam's error for profit, and have perished in Korah's rebellion. |
| 12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; | 12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn--fruitless, twice dead and uprooted. |
| 13raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. | 13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever. |
| 14Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, | 14It was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: "Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones |
| 15to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” | 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him." |
| 16These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. | 16These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage. |
| 17But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: | 17But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 18how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. | 18They told you, "In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires." |
| 19These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. | 19These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit. |
| 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, | 20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, |
| 21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. | 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. |
| 22And on some have compassion, making a distinction; | 22Have mercy on those who waver; |
| 23but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. | 23save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. |
| 24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, | 24Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy, |
| 25To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen. | 25to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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