Jude 3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Jude’s Purpose in Writing

³ Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,^(A) I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith^(B) that was delivered^(C) to the saints once for all. ⁴ For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago,^(D) have come in by stealth;^(E) they are ungodly,^(F) turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying^(G) Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Apostates: Past and Present

⁵ Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord^[a] first^[b] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;^(H)