I.
Introduction — to those called, beloved, and kept
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Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of
1James, to those who are
acalled,
bbeloved in God the Father, and
ckept 2by Jesus Christ:
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1aMercy to you and
bpeace and
clove be multiplied.
II.
Contending for the faith
v.3
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Beloved, while using all diligence to write to you concerning our
1common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you
and exhort
you to earnestly
2acontend for the
3faith once for all delivered to the
bsaints.
III.
Heresies of the apostates
v.4
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1For certain men have
2acrept in unnoticed, who of old have been
3written of beforehand for
4this judgment,
bungodly men,
5perverting the
cgrace of our God into
6dlicentiousness and
5edenying 7our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
IV.
Historical examples of the Lord's judgment upon apostasy
vv. 5-7
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But I intend to
aremind you, though you know all things once for all, that
1the Lord, having saved a people
bout of the land of Egypt,
2afterward 3cdestroyed those who did not believe;
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And aangels who did not keep their own
1principality but abandoned their
2own dwelling place, He has kept in eternal
bbonds under
3gloom for the
4cjudgment of the great day;
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How aSodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who
1in like manner with these gave themselves over to fornication and went after
bdifferent flesh, are set forth as an
cexample, undergoing the
dpenalty of eternal fire.
V.
The evils of the apostates and their punishment under the Lord's judgment
vv. 8-19
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Nevertheless in like manner
1these dreamers also
adefile the flesh and despise
2lordship and revile
3dignities.
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But 1aMichael the
barchangel, when he contended with the
cdevil and disputed concerning the
2body of Moses,
3did not dare to bring a
dreviling judgment against
him but said, The Lord
erebuke you.
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But 1these revile the things that they do not
2know; and the things that they
2understand 3naturally, like
4aanimals 5without reason,
6in these they are being
7corrupted.
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aWoe to them! For they have gone in the
1way of
bCain and have
2rushed out in the
3error of
cBalaam for reward and have
4dperished in the
5rebellion of Korah.
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These are the
1hidden reefs in your
2love feasts,
afeasting together with
you without fear,
3bshepherding themselves;
4cwaterless clouds being carried off by
dwinds;
5autumn trees
ewithout fruit, having died twice,
frooted up;
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1Wild awaves of the sea, foaming out their own
bshames;
2wandering stars, for whom the
cgloom of darkness is kept for eternity.
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And aEnoch, the seventh from Adam,
bprophesied also of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
1ccame 2with 3myriads of His saints
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To execute
1judgment against all and to convict all the
aungodly concerning all their ungodly works which they have done in ungodliness, and concerning all the hard things which ungodly sinners have
bspoken against Him.
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These are
amurmurers, complainers, going on according to their own
blusts; and their mouth speaks
cgreat swelling things,
dflattering 1persons for the sake of
eadvantage.
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But you, beloved,
aremember the words spoken before by the
bapostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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That they said to you, In the
1alast time there will be
bmockers, going on according to their own
clusts for
dungodliness.
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These are those who make
adivisions,
1bsoulish, having no
2spirit.
VI.
Charges to the believers
vv. 20-23
A.
To build up themselves upon the most holy faith and to live in the Triune God
vv. 20-21
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But you, beloved,
abuilding up yourselves
1upon your most holy
2faith, praying in the Holy
bSpirit,
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1Keep yourselves in the
alove of God,
bawaiting the
2mercy of our
3Lord Jesus Christ
4unto ceternal life.
B.
To care for others with mercy in fear
vv. 22-23
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And 1on some have mercy, on those who are
2wavering;
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aSave them by
1bsnatching them out of the
2fire. On others have mercy
3in cfear, hating even the inner garment
dspotted from the
eflesh.
VII.
Conclusion — praise to Him who is able to guard and set the believers before His glory
vv. 24-25
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1aBut to Him who is
bable to
cguard you from
dstumbling and to set
you before His
2glory ewithout blemish
3in 4fexultation,
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To the
aonly 1God our
bSavior through
1Jesus Christ our Lord be
2cglory, majesty, might, and authority
3before all time and now and unto all eternity.
Amen.
