Jude 1:1-4

Greeting

1 Jude, a servant 1 of Jesus Christ and brother of James, a To those who are called, b beloved in God the Father and c kept for 2 Jesus Christ:

2 May d mercy, e peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

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.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 1:7
    To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
    1 Corinthians 1:24
    But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
  2. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:4
    For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you.
    2 Thessalonians 2:13
    But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
  3. Cross References
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
    John 17:15
    I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
    1 Thessalonians 5:23
    Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  4. Cross References
    2 John 1:3
    Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.
  5. Cross References
    1 Peter 1:2
    According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
    2 Peter 1:2
    May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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 -
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
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