JUDE 1

Jude - Revelation 1 New King James Version

(NKJV)

Greeting to the Called 1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, [a]sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you

. Contend for the Faith 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [b]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Old and New Apostates 5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their [c]proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [d]vengeance of eternal fire.

8 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of [e]dignitaries. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in [f]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed 12 These are [g]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [h]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

Apostates Predicted 16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are [i]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

Maintain Your Life with God 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have compassion, [j]making a distinction; 23 but others save [k]with fear, pulling them out of the [l]fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.

Glory to God 24 Now to Him who is able to keep [m]you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, 25 To [n]God our Savior, [o]Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and [p]power, Both now and forever. Amen.

Introduction and Benediction 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must [q]shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Greeting the Seven Churches 4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia

: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who [r]loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us [s]kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, [t]the Beginning and the End,” says the [u]Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Vision of the Son of Man 9 I, John, [v]both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, [w]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches [x]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying [y]to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of [z]Hades and of Death. 19 [aa]Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. 20 The [ab]mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the [ac]angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands [ad]which you saw are the seven churches.

Footnotes: Jude 1:1 NU beloved Jude 1:4 NU omits God Jude 1:6 own Jude 1:7 punishment Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories Jude 1:9 arguing Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs Jude 1:12 NU, M along Jude 1:19 soulish or worldly Jude 1:22 NU who are doubting (or making distinctions)

Jude 1:23 NU omits with fear Jude 1:23 NU adds and on some have mercy with fear Jude 1:24 M them Jude 1:25 NU the only God our Jude 1:25 NU Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Be glory Jude 1:25 NU adds Before all time, Revelation 1:1 quickly or swiftly Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed

Revelation 1:6 NU, M a kingdom Revelation 1:8 NU, M omit the Beginning and the End Revelation 1:8 NU, M Lord God Revelation 1:9 NU, M omit both Revelation 1:11 NU, M omit “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, Revelation 1:11 NU, M omit which are in Asia Revelation 1:17 NU, M omit to me Revelation 1:18 Lit. Unseen; the unseen realm Revelation 1:19 NU, M Therefore, write Revelation 1:20 hidden truth Revelation 1:20 Or messengers Revelation 1:20 NU, M omit which you saw New King James Version (NKJV)