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Jude,a a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to [those who are] called, loved in God the Father and kept forb Jesus Christ.
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May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
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Dear friends, [although I]c was making every effort to write to you concerning our common salvation, I considered [it] a necessity to write to you to encourage [you] to contend for the faith delivered once and for all to the saints.
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For certain mend have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now I want to remind you, [although] you know everything once and for all,e that Jesus,f having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe.
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And [the] angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day,
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software. (Lexham English Bible)
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