Jude 1
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Jude, Mt. 13.55 · Mk. 6.3 the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,
To
them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ, and called:
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Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be
multiplied.
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Judgment on False
Teachers |
2 Pet. 2.1-17 |
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Beloved, when I gave all diligence to
write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to
write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the
saints.
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For there are certain men crept in
unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and
denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I will therefore put you in
remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having
saved the people out of the land of Egypt, Ex. 12.51 afterward destroyed them that believed not. Num. 14.29, 30
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And the angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great
day.
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Even as Sodom and Gomor'rah, and the
cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to
fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Gen. 19.1-24
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Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of
dignities.
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Yet Michael the archangel, Dan.
10.13, 21 ; 12.1 · Rev. 12.7 when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of
Moses, Deut. 34.6 durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said,
The Lord rebuke thee. Zech. 3.2
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But these speak evil of those things
which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts,
in those things they corrupt themselves.
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Woe unto them! for they have gone in the
way of Cain, Gen. 4.3-8 and ran greedily after the error of Ba'laam for reward, Num.
22.1-35 and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. Num.
16.1-35
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These are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear:
clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees
whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the
roots;
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raging waves of the sea, foaming out
their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness for ever.
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And Enoch Gen. 5.21-24 also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
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to execute judgment upon all, and to
convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds
which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against
him.
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These are murmurers, complainers, walking
after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of
advantage.
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Warnings and
Exhortations |
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But, beloved, remember ye the words
which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ;
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how that they told you there should be
mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly
lusts. 2 Pet. 3.3
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These be they who separate themselves,
sensual, having not the Spirit.
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But ye, beloved, building up yourselves
on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
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keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.
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And of some have compassion, making a
difference:
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and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh.
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Concluding
Doxology |
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Now unto him that is able to keep you
from falling, and to present you faultless before the
presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.
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