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| 1:1 | Iude the seruant of Iesus Christ, and brother of Iames, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserued in Iesus Christ, & called: |
| 1:2 | Mercie vnto you, and peace, and loue be multiplied. |
| 1:3 | Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation: it was needfull for mee to write vnto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once deliuered vnto the Saints. |
| 1:4 | For there are certaine men crept in vnawares, who were before of olde ordained to this condemnation, vngodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciuiousnesse, and denying the onely Lord God, & our Lord Iesus Christ. |
| 1:5 | I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord hauing saued the people out of the land of Egypt afterward destroied them that beleeued not. |
| 1:6 | And the Angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day. |
| 1:7 | Euen as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like maner giuing themselues ouer to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffring the vengeance of eternall fire. |
| 1:8 | Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speake euill of dignities. |
| 1:9 | Yet Michael the Archangel, when contending with the deuill, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. |
| 1:10 | But these speake euill of those things, which they know not: but what they knowe naturally, as brute beastes, in those things they corrupt themselues. |
| 1:11 | Wo vnto them, for they haue gone in the way of Kain, and ranne greedily after the errour of Balaam, for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. |
| 1:12 | These are spottes in your feasts of charitie, when they feast with you, feeding themselues without feare: cloudes they are without water, caried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twise dead, plucked vp by the rootes. |
| 1:13 | Raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame, wandring stars, to whom is reserued the blacknesse of darkenesse for euer. |
| 1:14 | And Enoch also, the seuenth from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord commeth with ten thousands of his Saints, |
| 1:15 | To execute iudgement vpon all, and to conuince all that are vngodly among them, of all their vngodly deeds which they haue vngodly committed, and of all their heard speaches, which vngodly sinners haue spoken against him. |
| 1:16 | These are murmurers complainers, walking after their owne lustes, and their mouth speaketh great swelling wordes, hauing mens persons in admiration because of aduantage. |
| 1:17 | But beloued, remember yee the words, which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ: |
| 1:18 | How that they tolde you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walke after their own vngodly lustes. |
| 1:19 | These be they who separate themselues, sensual, hauing not the spirit. |
| 1:20 | But yee beloued, building vp your selues on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, |
| 1:21 | Keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ vnto eternall life. |
| 1:22 | And of some haue compassion, making a difference: |
| 1:23 | And others saue with feare, pulling them out of the fire: hating euen the garment spotted by the flesh. |
| 1:24 | Now vnto him that is able to keepe you from falling, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with exceeding ioy, |
| 1:25 | To the onely wise God our Sauiour, be glory and maiestie, dominion and power, now and euer. Amen. |
| 1:1 | Ivdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ, the brother off Iames. To the which are called, and sanctified in God the father, and preserued in Iesu Christ. |
| 1:2 | Mercy vnto you, and peace and loue be multiplied. |
| 1:3 | Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion: it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geue vnto the sayntes. |
| 1:4 | For there are certayne craftely crept in, of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. They are vngodly, and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantanes, and denye God the onely LORDE, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. |
| 1:5 | My minde is therfore to put you in remebrauce, for as moche as ye once knowe this, how that ye LORDE (after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt) destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not. |
| 1:6 | The angels also which kept not their first estate: but lefte their awne habitacion, he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye: |
| 1:7 | euen as Sodom and Gomor, and the cities aboute them (which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge flesshe) are set forth for an ensample, and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre. |
| 1:8 | Lykewyse these dremers defyle the flesshe despyse rulers, and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie. |
| 1:9 | Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell, & disputed aboute the body of Moses, durst not geue raylinge sentence, but sayde: the LORDE rebuke the. |
| 1:10 | But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not: and what thinges they knowe naturally, as beastes which are without reason, in tho thinges they corrupte them selues. |
| 1:11 | Wo be vnto the, for they haue folowed the waye of Cain, and are vtterly geue to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake, and perysshe in the treason of Core. |
| 1:12 | These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder, without feare, fedynge the selues. Cloudes they are withouten water, caried about of wyndes, and trees without frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes. |
| 1:13 | They are the ragynge waues of the see, fominge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge starres, to who is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer. |
| 1:14 | Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche, saienge: Beholde, the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes, |
| 1:15 | to geue iudgemet agaynst all men, and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge the, of all their vngodly dedes, which they haue vngodly committed, and of all their cruell speakynges, which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him. |
| 1:16 | These are murmurers, complaners, walkynge after their awne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They haue me in greate reuerence because of avauntage. |
| 1:17 | But ye beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, |
| 1:18 | how that they tolde you yt their shulde be begylers in the last tyme, which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes. |
| 1:19 | These are makers off sectes fleshlie, hauynge no sprete. |
| 1:20 | But ye derlye beloued, edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith, prayenge in the holy goost, |
| 1:21 | and kepe youre selues in the loue of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life. |
| 1:22 | And haue copassion on some, separatinge the: |
| 1:23 | and other saue with feare, pullinge them out of the fyre, and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe. |
| 1:24 | Vnto him that is able to kepe you, that ye faule not, and to present you fautlesse before ye presence of his glory with ioye, |
| 1:25 | yt is to saye, to God oure saueoure which only is wyse, be glory, maiestie, dominion, & power, now and for euer. Amen. |
| 1:1 | Judas, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, and brother of James, to these that ben louyd, that ben in God the fadir, and to hem that ben clepid and kept of Jhesu Crist, |
| 1:2 | mercy, and pees, and charite be fillid to you. |
| 1:3 | Moost dere britheren, Y doynge al bisynesse to write to you of youre comyn helthe, hadde nede to write to you, and preye to striue strongli for the feith that is onys takun to seyntis. |
| 1:4 | For summe vnfeithful men priueli entriden, that sum tyme weren bifore writun in to this dom, and ouerturnen the grace of oure God in to letcherie, and denyen hym that is oneli a Lord, oure Lord Jhesu Crist. |
| 1:5 | But Y wole moneste you onys, that witen alle thingis, that Jhesus sauyde his puple fro the lond of Egipt, and the secunde tyme loste hem that bileueden not. |
| 1:6 | And he reseruede vndur derknesse aungels, that kepten not her prinshod, but forsoken her hous, in to the dom of the greet God, in to euerlastynge bondis. |
| 1:7 | As Sodom, and Gomorre, and the nyy coostid citees, that in lijk maner diden fornycacioun, and yeden awei aftir othir fleisch, and ben maad ensaumple, suffrynge peyne of euerelastinge fier. |
| 1:8 | In lijk maner also these that defoulen the fleisch, and dispisen lordschip, and blasfemen mageste. |
| 1:9 | Whanne Myyhel, arkaungel, disputide with the deuel, and stroof of Moises bodi, he was not hardi to brynge in dom of blasfemye, but seide, The Lord comaunde to thee. |
| 1:10 | But these men blasfemen, what euer thingis thei knowen not. For what euer thingis thei knowen kyndli as doumbe beestis, in these thei ben corupt. |
| 1:11 | Wo to hem that wenten the weie of Caym, and that ben sched out bi errour of Balaam for mede, and perischiden in the ayenseiyng of Chore. |
| 1:12 | These ben in her metis, feestynge togidere to filthe, with out drede fedinge hemsilf. These ben cloudis with out watir, that ben borun aboute of the wyndis; heruest trees with out fruyt, twies deed, drawun vp bi the roote; |
| 1:13 | wawis of the woode see, fomynge out her confusiouns; errynge sterris, to whiche the tempest of derknessis is kept with outen ende. |
| 1:14 | But Enoch, the seuenthe fro Adam, profeciede of these, and seide, Lo! the Lord cometh with hise hooli thousandis, |
| 1:15 | to do dom ayens alle men, and to repreue alle vnfeithful men of alle the werkis of the wickidnesse of hem, bi whiche thei diden wickidli, and of alle the harde wordis, that wyckid synneris han spoke ayens God. |
| 1:16 | These ben grutcheris ful of pleyntis, wandrynge aftir her desiris; and the mouth of hem spekith pride, worschipinge persoones, bi cause of wynnyng. |
| 1:17 | And ye, moost dere britheren, be myndeful of the wordis, whiche ben bifor seid of apostlis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; whiche seiden to you, |
| 1:18 | that in the laste tymes ther schulen come gilours, wandringe aftir her owne desiris, not in pitee. |
| 1:19 | These ben, whiche departen hemsilf, beestli men, not hauynge spirit. |
| 1:20 | But ye, moost dere britheren, aboue bilde you silf on youre moost hooli feith, and preye ye in the Hooli Goost, |
| 1:21 | and kepe you silf in the loue of God, and abide ye the merci of oure Lord Jhesu Crist in to lijf euerlastynge. |
| 1:22 | And repreue ye these men that ben demed, |
| 1:23 | but saue ye hem, and take ye hem fro the fier. And do ye merci to othere men, in the drede of God, and hate ye also thilke defoulid coote, which is fleischli. |
| 1:24 | But to him that is miyti to kepe you with out synne, and to ordeyne bifore the siyt of his glorie you vnwemmed in ful out ioye, in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to God aloone oure sauyour, |
| 1:25 | bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, be glorie, and magnefiyng, empire, and power, bifore alle worldis, `and now and in to alle worldis of worldis. Amen. |
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