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THE BOOK OF JUDE Jude Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)

Jude Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)

Jude J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS)

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Judas La Palabra (Hispanoamérica) (BLPH)

1 Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to the called ones having been loved by[b] God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

Greeting Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

1-2 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who have obeyed the call, who are loved by God the Father and kept in the faith by Jesus Christ—may you ever experience more and more of mercy, peace and love!

1 Jude , a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James , to those who are called , who are loved In God the Father and kept for Jesus Chris :

Introducción (1-2) Saludo 1 Judas, servidor de Jesucristo y hermano de Santiago, a los que han sido llamados a vivir bajo el amor de Dios Padre y la custodia de Jesucristo. 2 Que la misericordia, la paz y el amor abunden cada vez más en ustedes. I.— POLÉMICA CONTRA LOS FALSOS MAESTROS (3-16) Los falsos maestros 3 Queridos hermanos, ardía yo en deseos de escribirles acerca de un asunto que a todos nos concierne: el de nuestra salvación. Pero ahora debo hacerlo forzado por las circunstancias, pues es preciso alentarlos a combatir en defensa de la fe confiada a los creyentes de una vez por todas. 4 Y es que entre ustedes se han infiltrado solapadamente algunos individuos cuya condenación está anunciada en las Escrituras desde hace mucho tiempo; son gente impía que confunde la gracia de Dios con el libertinaje y que reniega de Jesucristo, nuestro único Dueño y Señor. 5 Aunque ustedes lo conocen todo perfectamente, quiero recordarles que si bien el Señor liberó al pueblo de la opresión egipcia, después aniquiló a los incrédulos.

2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.

2 May mercy , peace , and love be yours In ever increasing measure.

The reason for this letter Beloved, Fight For The Faith Against Those Ungodly Teachers Who Slipped In Seeking To Change Grace Into License Secretly 3 Beloved, while making every effort to be writing to you concerning our common salvation, I had the necessity to write to you exhorting you to be contending for the faith having been delivered once-forall to the saints. 4 For certain persons sneaked-in— the ones formerly having been portrayed for this judgment, ungodly ones— changing the grace of our God into sensuality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Remember: The Lord Punished The Unbelieving And The Immoral 5 Now I want to remind you— you knowing[j] all things— that the Lord, having once saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterwards destroyed the ones not having believed.

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you concerning the salvation we share, I felt it was necessary for me to write, to urge you to continue to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once and for all. 4 For certain individuals slipped in secretly, about whom it was written some time ago that they are condemned. They are ungodly people who turn the grace of our God into a license for sin and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

6 And He has kept[n] angels— the ones not having kept their own domain, but having left-behind their own dwelling— in eternal bonds under gloom for the judgment of the great day.

6 And the angels who did not keep their position of authority but left their own dwelling place behind—God has kept them in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

5 I want to remind you, though you already know all these things, that after the Lord rescued his people out of the land of Egypt, he later destroyed those who did not believe.

3-4 I fully intended, dear friends, to write to you about our common salvation, but I feel compelled to make my letter to you an earnest appeal to put up a real fight for the faith which has been once and for all committed to those who belong to Christ. For there are men who have surreptitiously entered the Church but who have for a long time been heading straight for the condemnation I shall plainly give them. They have no real reverence for God, and they abuse his grace as an opportunity for immorality. They will not recognise the only master, Jesus Christ our Lord. Past history warns us that the unfaithful have mingled with the faithful 5-9 I want to remind you of something that you really know already: and although the Lord saved all the people from the land of Egypt, yet afterwards he brought to their downfall those who would not trust him. And the very angels who failed in their high duties and abandoned their proper sphere have been

3 Dear friends , although I was eager to write to you about our common salvation, nevertheless I find it necessary to write and encourage you to carry on the struggle for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have stolen in unawares—men who long ago were designated for this condemnation — ungodly men who turn the grace of our God into an excuse for blatant immorality , and deny our only Master and Lord , Jesus Christ . 5 Now I want to remind you , though you once knew all this , that the Lord , having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness for the judgment of the great day.

6 Y a los ángeles que no supieron conservar su condición privilegiada y abandonaron la que era su mansión, los mantiene eternamente encadenados a las tinieblas en espera del gran día del juicio.

7 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them in like manner to these— having indulged-in-sexualimmorality and gone after other flesh— are set-forth as an example, undergoing the penalty of eternal fire.

7 Like Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who in a similar way indulged in extreme sexual immorality and pursued homosexual perversion, they serve as an example of those who are going to suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Yet These People Defile The Flesh And Reject God’s Authority. Woe To Them 8 Yet in the same way also these dreaming ones are defiling the flesh and rejecting authority and blaspheming glories!

8 Yet, in the very same way, these dreamers are defiling the flesh, despising authority, and blaspheming glorious ones.

9 Now Michael the archangel, when he was speaking concerning the body of Moses while disputing with the devil, did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you”.

9 But when the archangel Michael was disputing with the Devil and arguing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a blasphemous condemnation against him. Instead he said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

10 But these ones— whatever things they do not understand, they blaspheme; and whatever things they know instinctually like unreasoning animals, by these they are being destroyed.

10 But these people do not understand what they are blaspheming. They are being destroyed by the very things that they know by instinct (like unreasoning animals).

11 Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and they poured-forth in the error of Balaam for wages, and they perished in the rebellion of Korah.

11 Woe to them! They have gone the way of Cain. They have abandoned themselves for hire to the error of Balaam. They perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Enoch Prophesied God Would Execute Judgment Against These Ungodly Stains 12 These ones are the ones who are spots in your love-feasts, feasting-with[ac] you fearlessly, tending themselves; waterless clouds being carried-along by winds; fruitless autumn trees having died twice, having been uprooted;

12 These people are filthy stains on[f] your love feasts when they eat with you without fear, shepherding themselves. They are clouds without rain, being driven along by the winds. They are autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots.

deprived by God of both light and liberty until the judgment of the great day. Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities, who, in the same way as these men today, gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion, stand in their punishment as a permanent warning of the fire of judgment. Yet these men are defiling their bodies by their filthy fantasies in just the same way; they show utter contempt for authority and make a jest of the heavenly glories. But I would remind you that even the archangel Michael when he was contending with the devil in the dispute over the body of Moses did not dare to condemn him with mockery. He simply said, the Lord rebuke you!

10-11 These fellows, however, are ready to mock at anything that is beyond their immediate knowledge, while in the things that they know by instinct like unreasoning beasts they have become utterly depraved. I say, Woe to them! For they have taken the road of Cain; for what they could get they have rushed into the same error as Balaam; they have destroyed themselves by rebelling against God as did Korah long ago. Be on your guard against these wicked men 12-15 These men are a menace to the good-fellowship of your feasts, for they eat in your company without a qualm yet they care for no one but themselves. They are like clouds driven up by the wind, but they bring no rain. They are like trees with the leaves of autumn but without a single fruit—they are doubly dead for they have

7 Likewise , Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns , which indulged in sexual immorality in the same way as the angels and pursued unnatural desire , are exhibited as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in the same way these people also , relying on their dreams , defile the flesh , reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when Michael the archangel , in debate with the devil , was arguing about the body of Moses , he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy , but said, “The Lord rebuke you !” 10 But these people blaspheme whatever they do not understand , and what they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts , by these they are being destroyed 11 Woe to them! For they take the way of Cain , and abandon themselves to the error of Balaam for the sake of gain , and perish in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These people are blemishes on your love-feasts , feasting with you without reverence, caring only for themselves. They are waterless clouds , swept along by winds ; autumn trees without fruit and uprooted—completely dead ; 13 wild waves of the sea , casting up their shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved for eternity.

7 Y Sodoma y Gomorra, junto con las ciudades limítrofes entregadas como ellas a la lujuria y a la homosexualidad, sufrieron el castigo de un fuego perpetuo, sirviendo así de escarmiento a los demás. 8 Pues, a pesar de todo, esos visionarios se comportan de modo semejante: profanan su cuerpo, rechazan la autoridad del Señor e injurian a los seres gloriosos. 9 Distinto fue el proceder del arcángel Miguel cuando disputaba al diablo el cuerpo de Moisés. Ni siquiera se atrevió a lanzarle una acusación injuriosa; simplemente dijo: “Que el Señor te reprenda”. 10 Estos, por el contrario, ultrajan lo que desconocen; y lo que conocen, a la manera instintiva de las bestias irracionales, no les sirve más que para la ruina. 11 ¡Ay de ellos! Han seguido las huellas de Caín, se entregaron por dinero al extravío de Balaán y sucumbieron en la rebelión de Coré. 12 ¡Ahí los tienen ustedes! Son los que contaminan sus reuniones fraternales banqueteando desvergonzadamente y campando a sus anchas. Son nubes sin agua arrastradas por el viento; árboles en otoño, pero sin fruto, definitivamente secos, arrancados de raíz.

13 Son olas de un mar embravecido, que arroja la espuma de sus propias desvergüenzas; estrellas fugaces, cuyo eterno destino es la tiniebla sin fondo.

13 wild waves of the sea foaming-up their shames; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever. 14 But indeed Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied with regard to these ones, saying, “Behold— the Lord came with His holy myriads 15 to execute judgment against all, and to convict every soul concerning all their works of ungodliness which they didgodlessly, and concerning all the harsh things which ungodly sinners spoke against Him”. Remember That The Apostles Prophesied of These Mockers Pursuing Their Ungodly Desires 16 These ones are grumblers, faultfinders, proceeding in accordance with their own desires. And their mouth speaks pompous words, marveling-at faces for the sake of advantage.

13 They are wild waves of the sea piling up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.

no roots either. They are like raging waves of the sea producing only the spume of their own shameful deeds. They are like stars which follow no orbit, and their proper place is the everlasting blackness 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also of the regions beyond the light. It was prophesied about these people, saying, men like that Enoch (seventh descendant “Look, the Lord is going to come with tens from Adam) prophesied about when he of thousands of his holy ones, said: ‘Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute 15 to execute judgment against all of judgment on all, to convict all who are them and to convict every soul concerning ungodly among them of all their ungodly all their ungodly deeds, which they did in deeds which they have committed in an an ungodly way, and concerning all the ungodly way, and of all the harsh things harsh words that ungodly sinners spoke which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” against him.’

16 These are the men who complain and curse their fate while trying all the time to 16 These are discontented grumblers, mould life according to their own desires. who walk according to their lusts, and They “talk big” but will pay men great their mouths speak boastful things as they respect it if is to their own advantage. flatter others to take advantage of them. Forewarned is forearmed Keep Yourselves in God’s Love 17-19 Now do remember, dear friends, the words that the messengers of Jesus 17 But you, beloved, remember the words 17 But you, dear friends, remember the Christ gave us beforehand when they said having been spoken-beforehand by the words that were spoken earlier by the “there will come in the last days mockers apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ— apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. who live according to their own Godless desires”. These are the men who split 18 that they were saying to you that “In 18 They said to you, “In the last time communities, for they are led by human the last time there will be mockers there will be scoffers who follow their emotions and never by the Spirit of God. proceeding in accordance with their own own ungodly lusts.” desires of [ah] ungodliness”. Look after your own faith: save whom you can But You, Beloved, Keep Yourselves In The 20-23 But you, dear friends of mine, build Love of God yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and by praying through 19 These ones are the ones causing19 These are the people who cause the Holy Spirit keep yourselves within the divisions— natural ones, not having the divisions. They are worldly because they love of God. Wait patiently for the mercy Spirit. do not have the Spirit. of our Lord Jesus Christ which will bring you to the life eternal. For some of these

14 It was also about these that Enoch , the seventh in descent from Adam , prophesied , saying , “ Behold , the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones

14 A ellos se refería Enoc, el séptimo patriarca después de Adán, cuando profetizó: “Miren cómo viene el Señor con sus innumerables ángeles

15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly acts that they have committed in their ungodliness , and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

15 para juzgar a todos y desenmascarar a los malvados por todas las acciones criminales que han cometido, para tapar la boca a los impíos que han hablado contra él con insolencia”.

16 These people are grumblers, malcontents who follow their sinful desires ; their speech is arrogant , they flatter others to gain advantage.

16 ¡Ahí los tienen! Murmuradores, descontentos, libertinos, insolentes, aduladores y materialistas. II.— EXHORTACIÓN A LA FIDELIDAD (17-23) Avisos y exhortaciones

17 But you , dear friends, must remember the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ ,

17 Pero ustedes, amados míos, recuerden lo que predijeron los apóstoles de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

18 how they said to you , “ In the final age there will be scoffers driven by their own ungodly desires.”

18 “En los últimos tiempos —les advertían— surgirán embaucadores que vivirán impíamente y al capricho de sus pasiones”.

19 These are the ones causing division, worldly-minded, and devoid of the Spirit.

19 ¡Ahí los tienen! Son los sembradores de discordias, los que viven sensualmente y están privados del Espíritu.

20 But you, dear friends , build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant you eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some who are wavering;

20 Ustedes, en cambio, amados míos, hagan de una fe tan santa como la que tienen, el firme cimiento de su vida; oren impulsados por el Espíritu Santo 21 y manténganse en el amor de Dios, esperando que la misericordia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo los lleve a la vida eterna.

23 And be saving others, snatching them out of the fire. And be having-mercy-on others with fear while hating even the tunic having been stained by the flesh.

20 But you, dear friends, continue to build men you can feel pity and you can treat yourselves up in your most holy faith as them differently. Others you must try to you keep praying in the Holy Spirit. save by fear, snatching them as it were out of the fire while hating the very garments their deeds have befouled. 21 Keep yourselves in God’s love as you continue to wait for the mercy of our Lord Ascription Jesus Christ, which results in eternal life. 24-25 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his 22 Show mercy to those who are glory without fault and with unspeakable wavering. joy, to the only God, our saviour, be glory and majesty, power and authority, 23 Save others by snatching them out of through Jesus Christ our Lord, before time the fire. Show mercy to still others with was, now, and in all ages to come, amen. fear, hating even the clothing that is stained by the flesh. JUDE

24 Now to the One being able to keep ]you from-stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory without-blemish with gladness,

24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless in the presence of his glory with great joy,

25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before every age, and now, and for all ages, amen.

25 to the only God, our Savior, be glory, majesty, power, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all time, now, and to all eternity. Amen.

20 But you, beloved, while building-up yourselves on your most holy faith, while praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God while waiting-for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22 And be having-mercy-on some doubting ones.

23 save others by snatching them out of the fire ; and have mercy on others with fear , hating even the garment stained by the flesh. 24 Now to the one who is able to keep you from stumbling , and to make you stand in his glorious presence without blame and with great joy— 25 to the only God , our Savior , through Jesus Christ our Lord , belong glory , majesty , power , and authority , before all time , now and for all time Amen .

22 Tengan compasión de los que vacilan, 23 contando con que a unos los salvarán arrancándolos del fuego; pero a otros sólo podrán compadecerlos, y eso con cautela, evitando incluso el contacto superficial con su torpe conducta. Conclusión (24-25) Doxología final 24 Al que puede mantenerlos limpios de pecado y conducirlos alegres y sin mancha hasta su gloriosa presencia, 25 al Dios único que es nuestro Salvador, a él la gloria, la majestad, la soberanía y el poder, por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, desde antes de todos los tiempos, ahora y por los siglos sin fin. Amén.

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He rebukes such persons as, being blinded by their own lusts, resist the truth; and so that we may know them better, he describes them as such as sin abominably against nature, despise rulers, etc. He exhorts us to build one another up, to pray in the Holy Spirit, to continue in love, to look for the coming of the Lord, and one to help another out of the fire.

Contend for the Faith

Truth Worth Fighting For From Judah, a loving servant of Jesus, the Anointed One, and brother of James. I’m writing to the chosen ones who are wrapped in the love of Father God—kept and guarded forJesus, the Messiah.

1 I am Jude. I am a servant of Jesus Christ and I am a brother of James. I send greetings to you whom God the Father has called. He has loved you and kept you safe for Jesus Christ.

Introducción (1-2) Saludo 1 Judas, servidor de Jesucristo y hermano de Santiago, a los que han sido llamados a vivir bajo el amor de Dios Padre y la custodia de Jesucristo.

1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To those who are called and sanctified in God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ. 2 Mercy to you, and peace and love be multiplied. 3 Beloveds, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, to exhort you to labour continually in the faith that was once and for all delivered to the saints.

1 Judah, slave of Jesus the Messiah, brother of James, to those who are called, the people whom God loves and whom Jesus, the Messiah, keeps safe!

2 Que la misericordia, la paz y el amor abunden cada vez más en ustedes. 2 May God be kind to you. May he give you peace. May he love you very much. 2 May God’s mercy, peace, and love cascade over you

2 May mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, I was doing my best to write to you about the rescue in which we share, but I found it necessary to write to you to urge you to struggle hard for the faith which was once and for all given to God’s people.

4 Some people have sneaked in among 4 For there are certain men who have you, it seems, who long ago were marked craftily crept in, who were long ago out for this condemnation – ungodly marked out for such judgment. They are people, who are transforming God’s grace ungodly, and turn the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying the one into licentiousness, and deny God the only and only master, our Lord Jesus the Lord, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Messiah.

3 My dear brothers, I wanted very much to write to you and tell you how we all are 3 Dearly loved friend, I was fully intending to saved. But then I saw that I must write and write to you about our amazing salvation we tell you to hold very strongly to what you all participate in, but felt the need instead to do believe. Fight against those who want to challenge you to vigorously defend and change it. The right way to believe has been contend for the beliefs that we cherish. For given to God's people once for all times. God, through the apostles, has once for all 4 Some men have come in quietly. They are entrusted these truths to his holy believers. bad men. The holy writings told us long ago Warning against False Teachers that they would be punished. These men 4 There have been some who have sneaked in change the blessing of our God to do the among you unnoticed.[i] They are depraved wrong things they want to do. They show people whose judgment was prophesied in by their lives that they do not belong to Scripture a long time ago. They have Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord perverted the message of God’s grace into a license to commit immorality[k] and turn against our only absolute Master,[m] our Lord Jesus Christ.

I.— POLÉMICA CONTRA LOS FALSOS MAESTROS (3-16) Los falsos maestros 3 Queridos hermanos, ardía yo en deseos de escribirles acerca de un asunto que a todos nos concierne: el de nuestra salvación. Pero ahora debo hacerlo forzado por las circunstancias, pues es preciso alentarlos a combatir en defensa de la fe confiada a los creyentes de una vez por todas.

4 Y es que entre ustedes se han infiltrado solapadamente algunos individuos cuya condenación está anunciada en las Escrituras desde hace mucho tiempo; son gente impía que confunde la gracia de Dios con el libertinaje y que reniega de Jesucristo, nuestro único Dueño y Señor.

5 I need to remind you, even though you are familiar with it all, that the Lord Jesus saved his people out of Egypt but subsequently destroyed those who were guilty of unbelief. 6 In the same way, there were heavenly messengers in rebellion who went outside their rightful domain of authority and 6 The angels also who did not keep their 6 In the same way, when some of the abandoned their appointed realms. God first estate, but left their own habitation, angels did not keep to their rightful place bound them in everlasting chains and is he has reserved in everlasting chains of authority, but abandoned their own keeping them in the dark abyss of the under darkness for the judgment of the home, he kept them under conditions of netherworld until the judgment of the great great day – darkness and in eternal chains to await day. the judgment of the great day. 7 In a similar way, the cities of Sodom and 7 even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Gomorrah and nearby towns gave themselves places around them (which in like manner 7 In similar fashion, Sodom, Gomorrah to sexual immorality and the unnatural desire defiled themselves with fornication and and the cities round about, which had of different flesh. Now they all serve as followed strange flesh), are set forth as an lived in gross immorality and lusted after examples of those who experience the example, and suffer the vengeance of unnatural flesh, are set before us as a punishment of eternal fire. eternal fire. pattern, undergoing the punishment of The Fate of Apostates endless fire. 8 In the same way, these sensual “dreamers” 8 Likewise these dreamers defile the corrupt and pollute the natural realm, while flesh, despise rulers, and speak evil of 8 However, these people are behaving in on the other hand they reject the spiritual those who are in authority. the same way! They are dreaming their realms of governmental power and way into defiling the flesh, rejecting repeatedly scoff at heavenly glories. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when he authority and cursing the Glorious Ones. 9 Even the archangel Michael, when he was strove against the devil and disputed disputing with the devil over the body of about the body of Moses, dared not give 9 Even Michael the archangel, when Moses, dared not insult or slander him, but railing judgment, but said, The Lord disputing with the devil about the body of simply said, “The Lord Yahweh[w] rebuke rebuke you. Moses, did not presume to lay against him you!” a charge of blasphemy, but simply said, 10 These people insult anything they don’t 10 But these speak evil of those things ‘The Lord rebuke you.’ understand. They behave like irrational beasts that they do not know. And the things by doing whatever they feel like doing. they know instinctively, as do animals that 10 These people, however, curse anything Because they live by their animal instincts, are without reason, in those things they they don’t know. They are like dumb they corrupt themselves and bring about corrupt themselves. animals; there are some things they their own destruction. understand instinctively – but it is these 11 How terrible it is for them For they have very things that destroy them. followed in the steps of Cain. They have 11 Woe be to them, for they have abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error followed the way of Cain, and are utterly 11 A curse on them! They go off in the because of their greedy pursuit of financial given to the error of Balaam for the sake way of Cain; they give themselves over for gain. And since they have rebelled like Korah of personal gain, and perish in the treason money into Balaam’s deceitful ways; they rebelled, they will experience the same fate of Korah. are destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. of Korah and likewise perish. 5 My intent is therefore to remind you, since you already know this that the Lord (after he had delivered the people out of Egypt) destroyed those who afterward did not believe.

False Teachers 5 I do want to remind you, even though you know it all well, that when the Lord once and for all delivered his people out of the land of Egypt, he subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

5 You know all these things for all times. But I want to bring them to your minds. First, the Lord saved his people from the country of Egypt. At a time after that, he killed those who did not believe in him.

5 Aunque ustedes lo conocen todo perfectamente, quiero recordarles que si bien el Señor liberó al pueblo de la opresión egipcia, después aniquiló a los incrédulos.

6 Remember the angels also. Some of them did not keep the high place they had. But they left their home. God has them tied in chains for ever, and he is keeping them in a very dark place. He will keep them there until that big day when they will be judged. 7 Also Sodom and Gomorrah and the other cities near them show what will happen. The people there had wrong ways of using sex and did wrong things that people should not do with each other. They were punished and are in fire that burns for ever. God did this to show what will happen to others. 8 And yet these men do the same wrong things. They think of and do wrong things with their bodies. They will not obey the men who rule over them. And they say wrong things about those who are great, even about the angels. 9 At one time Michael the chief angel had a quarrel with the devil about who should have the body of Moses. But he did not dare to judge the devil and say wrong things about him. He said, `May the Lord tell you to stop!' 10 But these men say wrong things about everything they do not understand. They know some things just like animals that cannot think. And they will die because they do those wrong things. 11 They will have trouble! They have lived like Cain. They have done wrong things for pay like Balaam. They have talked against those who are over them. Korah did that. And so they will die as he did.

6 Y a los ángeles que no supieron conservar su condición privilegiada y abandonaron la que era su mansión, los mantiene eternamente encadenados a las tinieblas en espera del gran día del juicio. 7 Y Sodoma y Gomorra, junto con las ciudades limítrofes entregadas como ellas a la lujuria y a la homosexualidad, sufrieron el castigo de un fuego perpetuo, sirviendo así de escarmiento a los demás. 8 Pues, a pesar de todo, esos visionarios se comportan de modo semejante: profanan su cuerpo, rechazan la autoridad del Señor e injurian a los seres gloriosos. 9 Distinto fue el proceder del arcángel Miguel cuando disputaba al diablo el cuerpo de Moisés. Ni siquiera se atrevió a lanzarle una acusación injuriosa; simplemente dijo: “Que el Señor te reprenda”. 10 Estos, por el contrario, ultrajan lo que desconocen; y lo que conocen, a la manera instintiva de las bestias irracionales, no les sirve más que para la ruina. 11 ¡Ay de ellos! Han seguido las huellas de Caín, se entregaron por dinero al extravío de Balaán y sucumbieron en la rebelión de Coré.

12 These are spots who of your kindness feast together, without fear feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about by winds and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead and plucked up by the roots.

12 These are the ones who pollute your love-feasts; they share your table without fear while simply looking after their own needs. They are waterless clouds blown along by the winds. They are fruitless autumn trees, doubly dead and uprooted.

17 But you, beloveds, remember the words that were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

12 These false teachers are like dangerous hidden reefs at your love feasts, lying in wait to shipwreck the immature. They feast among you without reverence, having no shepherd but themselves. They are clouds with no rain, swept along by the winds. Like fruitless late13 They are stormy waves out at sea, autumn trees—twice dead, barren, and splashing up their own shameful ways. plucked up by the roots! They are wandering stars, and the 13 They are wild waves of the sea, flinging out deepest everlasting darkness has been the foam of their shame and disgrace. They kept for them in particular. are misleading like wandering stars, for whom 14 Enoch, the seventh in line from Adam, the complete darkness of eternal gloom has prophesied about these people. ‘Look!’ he been reserved. said. ‘The Lord comes with ten thousand Enoch’s Prophecy of his holy ones, 14 Enoch, the seventh direct descendant from Adam, prophesied of their doom when he 15 to perform judgment against all, and to said, “Look! Here comes the Lord Yahweh charge every human being with all the with his countless myriads of holy ones. ungodly ways in which they have done 15 He comes to execute judgment against ungodly things, and with every harsh them all and to convict each one of them for word which ungodly sinners have spoken their ungodly deeds and for all the terrible against him.’ words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These people are always grumbling 16 These people are always complaining and and complaining, chasing off after their never satisfied—finding fault with everyone. own desires. From their mouths come They follow their own evil desires and their arrogant words, buttering people up for mouths speak scandalous things. They enjoy the sake of gain. using seductive flattery to manipulate others. Rescued by God’s Power A Call to Remain Faithful 17 But you, my beloved ones, remember 17 But you, my delightfully loved friends, the words that were spoken before by the remember the prophecies of the apostles of apostles of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

18 how they told you that there would be beguilers in the last time, who would walk after their own ungodly lusts.

18 ‘In the last time,’ they said to you, ‘there will be scornful people who follow their own ungodly desires.

18 They taught you, “In the last days there will always be mockers, motivated by their own ungodly desires.”

19 These are makers of fleshly sects, not having the Spirit.

19 These are the people who cause divisions. They are living on the merely human level; they do not have the spirit.

19 These people cause divisions and are followers of their own natural instincts, devoid of the life of the Spirit.

13 They are the raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever. 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied before of such persons, saying, Behold, the Lord will come with thousands of saints, 15 to give judgment against all men, and to rebuke all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts, whose mouths speak proud things. They have others in great reverence for the sake of advantage.

12 These men spoil your love feasts. They are not afraid to eat and drink with you. They take care only of themselves. They are like clouds that do not give rain, and are blown around by the winds. They are like trees when their leaves are gone and they have no fruit. These trees are also dead because they have been pulled up by the roots. 13 These men are like big waves on the sea. Big waves cause much trouble. And these men also show the wrong things they do. They are like stars that have fallen from their place in the sky. A very dark place has been kept for ever in which to put these men. 14 Enoch was the seventh in Adam's family line. He spoke words from God to these men also. He said, `Listen! The Lord came with many thousands of his angels. 15 He came to judge all people and to punish all the bad people for all the wrong things they have done. And he came to punish bad people for all the wrong things that they have said against him.' 16 These men complain about the way things are. They do not like it. They do what they themselves want to do. They say big things. They say nice things to people to get what they want from them. 17 But, my dear brothers, you must remember what the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ said would happen. 18 They said to you, `At the end of time, men will come who will make fun of holy things. They will do the wrong things they themselves want to do.'

12 ¡Ahí los tienen ustedes! Son los que contaminan sus reuniones fraternales banqueteando desvergonzadamente y campando a sus anchas. Son nubes sin agua arrastradas por el viento; árboles en otoño, pero sin fruto, definitivamente secos, arrancados de raíz.

19 These are the men who make people go into different groups in the church meetings. They have only a man's heart. They do not have the Holy Spirit.

19 ¡Ahí los tienen! Son los sembradores de discordias, los que viven sensualmente y están privados del Espíritu.

13 Son olas de un mar embravecido, que arroja la espuma de sus propias desvergüenzas; estrellas fugaces, cuyo eterno destino es la tiniebla sin fondo. 14 A ellos se refería Enoc, el séptimo patriarca después de Adán, cuando profetizó: “Miren cómo viene el Señor con sus innumerables ángeles 15 para juzgar a todos y desenmascarar a los malvados por todas las acciones criminales que han cometido, para tapar la boca a los impíos que han hablado contra él con insolencia”. 16 ¡Ahí los tienen! Murmuradores, descontentos, libertinos, insolentes, aduladores y materialistas. II.— EXHORTACIÓN A LA FIDELIDAD (1723) Avisos y exhortaciones 17 Pero ustedes, amados míos, recuerden lo que predijeron los apóstoles de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. 18 “En los últimos tiempos —les advertían— surgirán embaucadores que vivirán impíamente y al capricho de sus pasiones”.

20 But you, dearly beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

20 But you, beloved ones, build yourselves up in your most holy faith. Pray in the holy spirit.

21 and keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus the Messiah to show you the mercy which leads to the 21 Fasten your hearts to the love of God and life of the age to come. receive the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, 22 With some people who are wavering, who gives us eternal life.[ax] you must show mercy. 22 Keep being compassionate to those who still have doubts, 23 Some you must rescue, snatching them from the fire. To others you must show 23 and snatch others out of the fire to save mercy, but with fear, hating even the them. Be merciful over and over to them, but clothes that have been defiled by the always couple your mercy with the fear of flesh. God. Be extremely careful to keep yourselves free from the pollutions of the flesh. 24 Now to the one who is able to keep you standing upright, and to present you 24 Now, to the one with enough power to before his glory, undefiled and joyful – prevent you from stumbling into sin and bring you faultless before his glorious presence to 25 to the one and only God, our saviour stand before him with ecstatic delight, through Jesus the Messiah our Lord, be glory, majesty, power and authority 25 to the only God our Savior, through our before all the ages, and now, and to all Lord Jesus Christ, be endless glory and the ages to come. Amen. majesty, great power and authority—from before he created time, now, and throughout all the ages of eternity. Amen!

22 And have compassion on some, separating them; 23 and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; and hate the spotted vesture of the flesh. 24 Now to him who is able to keep you so that you do not fall, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with joy – 25 that is to say, to God our Saviour, who alone is wise – be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, now and forever. Amen. Hereafter follows the Apocalypse.

20 But you, my delightfully loved friends, constantly and progressively build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by praying every moment in the Spirit.

20 But you, my dear brothers, must make your lives better in the holy things you believe. Talk to God in the Holy Spirit. 21 Keep yourselves in God's love. Wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come and help you. He will give you life that will live for ever. 22 Some people are not sure what they believe. Be kind to them by sharing in their troubles.

20 Ustedes, en cambio, amados míos, hagan de una fe tan santa como la que tienen, el firme cimiento de su vida; oren impulsados por el Espíritu Santo 21 y manténganse en el amor de Dios, esperando que la misericordia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo los lleve a la vida eterna. 22 Tengan compasión de los que vacilan,

23 Pull them out of the fire and save them. There are other people to whom you must be kind, but be careful about it. But you must hate even the clothes that bad people have worn.

23 contando con que a unos los salvarán arrancándolos del fuego; pero a otros sólo podrán compadecerlos, y eso con cautela, evitando incluso el contacto superficial con su torpe conducta.

24 God can keep you from doing anything wrong. He can bring you to the place where he is great and you will be all good. You will be very happy.

Conclusión (24-25) Doxología final 24 Al que puede mantenerlos limpios de pecado y conducirlos alegres y sin mancha hasta su gloriosa presencia,

25 He is the only God. And he is our Saviour through our Lord Jesus Christ. He is great! He is wonderful! He has power! He has the right to rule! He was like that before time began! He is like that now! And he will be like that for ever. Yes, he will!

25 al Dios único que es nuestro Salvador, a él la gloria, la majestad, la soberanía y el poder, por medio de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, desde antes de todos los tiempos, ahora y por los siglos sin fin. Amén.