Judgment on False Teachers

Jude 1

3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our f common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you g to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For h certain people i have crept in unnoticed j who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert k the grace of our God into sensuality and l deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want m to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that n Jesus, who saved 1 a people out of the land of Egypt, o afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And p the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day - 7 just as q Sodom and Gomorrah and r the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and s pursued unnatural desire, 2 serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and t blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when u the archangel v Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing w about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, x "The Lord rebuke you." 10 y But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in z the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain a to Balaam's error and b perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs 3 c at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, d shepherds feeding themselves; e waterless clouds, f swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, g uprooted; 13 h wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of i their own shame; j wandering stars, k for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that Enoch, l the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, m "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 n to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have o committed in such an ungodly way, and of all p the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, q following their own sinful desires; r they are loud-mouthed boasters, s showing favoritism to gain advantage.

  1. Cross References
    Titus 1:4
    To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
  2. Cross References
    1 Timothy 6:12
    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
    2 Timothy 4:7
    I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
    Luke 13:24
    Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
    1 Corinthians 9:25
    Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
    Philippians 1:27
    Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel.
  3. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:1
    But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
  4. Cross References
    Galatians 2:4
    Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in - who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery -
  5. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:8
    And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 11:23
    When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
  7. Cross References
    Titus 1:16
    They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
    2 Peter 2:1
    But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
    1 John 2:22
    Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
  8. Cross References
    2 Peter 1:12
    Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.
    2 Peter 3:17
    You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.
  9. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:4 - 5
    And all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
    1 Corinthians 10:9
    We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 14:29
    Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me.
    Numbers 14:37
    The men who brought up a bad report of the land - died by plague before the Lord.
    Numbers 26:64 - 65
    But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
    Psalms 106:26
    Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness.
    Hebrews 3:17 - 19
    And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
  11. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:4
    For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment.
    Revelation 20:2
    And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 19:24
    Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:23
    The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
    Hosea 11:8
    How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
  14. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:10
    And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones.
  15. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:10
    And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones.
  16. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 4:16
    For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
    2 Peter 2:11
    Whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord.
  17. Cross References
    Daniel 10:13
    The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia.
    Daniel 12:1
    At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.
    Revelation 12:7
    Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back.
  18. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 34:6
    And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.
  19. Cross References
    Zechariah 3:2
    And the Lord said to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?
  20. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:12
    But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 4:5 - 8
    But for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
  22. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:15
    Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing.
  23. Cross References
    Numbers 16:1 - 3
    Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
    Numbers 16:31 - 35
    And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.
  24. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:13
    Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:2
    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God : Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
    Ezekiel 34:8
    As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep.
    Ezekiel 34:10
    Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
  26. Cross References
    Proverbs 25:14
    Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
    2 Peter 2:17
    These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.
  27. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:9
    Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
  28. Cross References
    Matthew 15:13
    He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:20
    But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
  30. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:2
    But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
    Philippians 3:19
    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
  31. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:12
    How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
  32. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:17
    These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.
  33. Cross References
    Genesis 5:18
    When Jared had lived 162 years he fathered Enoch.
  34. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
    Daniel 7:10
    A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.
    Mark 8:38
    For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
    1 Thessalonians 3:13
    So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
    2 Thessalonians 1:7
    And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
  35. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:5
    If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
  36. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:6
    If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.
  37. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:3
    Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
    Psalms 94:4
    They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
    John 6:60
    When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?
  38. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:10
    And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones.
  39. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:18
    For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
  40. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:15
    You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
    Deuteronomy 10:17
    For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
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