Jude 1:14-25 ▼

14 Of these did Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesy in these words, "see! the Lord is coming with ten thousand of his saints,

15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious among them, of all the impious actions they have committed, and of all the injurious expressions, which impious sinners have utter'd against him."

16 These are murmurers, complainers, who pursue their own passions: their language swells with flattery, which they offer to the personages of men from a prospect of gain.

17 As for you, my beloved, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ have formerly told you.

18 for they assur'd you, there would be impostors in the last days, who would follow their own impious passions.

19 these are they who distinguish themselves, though they are sensual, and have nothing that is spiritual.

20 but you, my brethren, improve yourselves in your most holy faith, present your addresses by the holy spirit,

21 and thereby cultivate the divine favour, in the expectation of eternal life by the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

22 Make use of your discernment; some reprove:

23 of others be compassionately tender, snatching them, as it were, out of the fire: and avoid even the garment of the infected.

24 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and make you appear in his glorious presence, without defect, and full of joy:

25 to God only wise, our saviour, be glory, magnificence, power, and empire, both now and for ever.