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Beloved, when I gavealldiligence to write unto youof the commonsalvation, it wasneedful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was oncedelivered unto the saints.
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For there are certainmen crept in unawares, who were before of oldordainedtothiscondemnation, ungodly men,turning the grace of ourGod intolasciviousness,anddenying the onlyLordGod,andourLordJesusChrist.
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I willthereforeputyou in remembrance, though yeonceknewthis, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,afterwarddestroyed them that believednot.
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And the angels which keptnottheir first estate,butleft their ownhabitation, he hath reserved in everlastingchainsunderdarknessunto the judgment of the greatday.