1Jude,1 Mt 13:55; Mk 6:3 a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:

3Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,3 Ti 1:4 I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith3 1Tm 6:12; 2Tm 4:7 that was delivered3 2Pt 2:21 to the saints once for all.

4For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago,4 Or whose judgment was written about long ago4 1Pt 2:8 have come in by stealth;4 Gl 2:4; 2Tm 3:6 they are ungodly,4 Mk 7:22; Rm 5:6 turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying4 Ti 1:16; 2Pt 2:1; 1Jn 2:22 Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

5Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus5 Other mss read the Lord, or God saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;5 1Co 10:1–11

6and the angels6 Gn 6:1–4; 2Pt 2:4 who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day.

7Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah7 2Pt 2:6 and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions,7 Or and went after other flesh and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.7 2Th 1:8

12These people are dangerous reefs12 Or are like blemishes at your love feasts12 1Co 11:17–22; 2Pt 2:13 as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;12 Pr 25:14 trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.

13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars13 Is 14:12–15; Rv 1:16; 8:10; 9:1 for whom the blackness of darkness13 Mt 6:23; Jd 6 is reserved forever.13 2Pt 2:17

20But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,20 Rm 8:15–16,26–27; Eph 6:18

21keep yourselves in the love of God,21 Jn 15:9–10; 1Jn 4:16 waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

22Have mercy on those who waver;

23save others by snatching them from the fire;23 1Co 3:15; 2Th 1:8 have mercy on others but with fear,23 Rv 11:11 hating23 Pr 6:16–19 even the garment23 Zch 3:3–4 defiled by the flesh.