1:1 From Jude, 5 a slave 6 of Jesus Christ and brother of James, 7 to those who are called, wrapped in the love of 8 God the Father and kept for 9 Jesus Christ. 1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! 10
1:3 Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you 11 about our common salvation, I now feel compelled 12 instead to write to encourage 13 you to contend earnestly 14 for the faith 15 that was once for all 16 entrusted to the saints. 17
1:1 From Jude, 18 a slave 19 of Jesus Christ and brother of James, 20 to those who are called, wrapped in the love of 21 God the Father and kept for 22 Jesus Christ. 1:2 May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! 23
1:3 Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you 24 about our common salvation, I now feel compelled 25 instead to write to encourage 26 you to contend earnestly 27 for the faith 28 that was once for all 29 entrusted to the saints. 30 1:4 For certain men 31 have secretly slipped in among you 32 – men who long ago 33 were marked out 34 for the condemnation I am about to describe 35 – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil 36 and who deny our only Master 37 and Lord, 38 Jesus Christ.