15 To give judgment against all men, and to rebuke all the ungodly among them of all their wicked deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which wicked sinners have spoken against him.

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts: (A)whose mouths speak proud things, having men’s persons in admiration, because of advantage.

17 [a]But, ye beloved, remember the words which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:17 The rising up of such monsters was spoken of before, that we should not be troubled at the newness of the matter.

15 to judge(A) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](B) 16 These people are grumblers(C) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(D) they boast(E) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(F) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)