New Testament Letters (GOD'S WORD )













































Titus 1:6-9 (GOD'S WORD )

 6 A spiritual leader must have a good reputation. He must have only one wife and have children who are believers. His children shouldn't be known for having wild lifestyles or being rebellious. 7 Because a bishop is a supervisor appointed by God, he must have a good reputation. He must not be a stubborn or irritable person. He must not drink too much or be a violent person. He must not use shameful ways to make money. 8 Instead, he must be hospitable, love what is good, use good judgment, be fair and moral, and have self-control. 9 He must be devoted to the trustworthy message we teach. Then he can use these accurate teachings to encourage people and correct those who oppose the word.













 





























  

Titus 1:15-16 (GOD'S WORD )

  15Everything is clean to those who are clean. But nothing is clean to corrupt unbelievers. Indeed, their minds and their consciences are corrupted.
  16They claim to know God, but they deny him by what they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit to do anything good.


























Titus 2:1-14 (GOD'S WORD )

     1Tell believers to live the kind of life that goes along with accurate teachings. 2Tell older men to be sober. Tell them to be men of good character, to use good judgment, and to be wellgrounded in faith, love, and endurance.
    3Tell older woman to live their lives in a way that shows they are dedicated to God. Tell them not to be gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to be examples of virtue. 4In this way they will teach young women to show love to their husbands and children, 5to use good judgment, and to be morally pure. Also, tell them to teach young women to be homemakers, to be kind, and to place themselves under their husband's authority. Then no one can speak evil of God's word.
    6Encourage young men to use good judgment. 7Always set an example by doing good things. 8Speak an accurate message that cannot be condemned. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed because they can't say anything bad about us.
    9Tell slaves who are believers to place themselves under their masters' authority in everything they do. Tell them to please their masters, not to argue with them 10or steal from them. Instead, tell slaves to show their masters how good and completely loyal they can be. Then they will show the beauty of the teaching about God our Savior in everything they do.
     11After all, God's saving kindness has appeared for the benefit of all people. 12It trains us to avoid ungodly lives filled with worldly desires so that we can live self-controlled, moral, and godly lives in this present world. 13At the same time we can expect what we hope for -- the appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.






















Titus 3:1-8 (GOD'S WORD )

  1 Remind believers to place themselves under the authority of government officials.Believers should obey them and help them with every good thing they do.2Believers shouldn't curse anyone  or be quarrelssome, but but they should be gentle and show courtesy to everyone.3 Indeed, we, too, were once stupid, disobedient, and mislead. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures. We were mean and jealous. We were hated, and we hated each other. 4 However, when God our  Savior made his kindness and love for humanity appear, 5 he saved us, but not because of anything that we had done to gain his approval. Instead, because of his mercy he saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives new birth and renewal. 6 God poured a generous amount of the spirit on us through Jesus Christ our Savior.7 As a result, God in his kindness has given us his approval and we have become heirs who have the confidence that we have everlasting life. 8 This is a statement that can be trusted. I want you to insist on these things so that those who believe in God can concentrate on setting an example by doing good things. This is good and helps other people.





















James 1:19-27 (GOD'S WORD )

    19Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily. 20An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of. 21So get rid of all immoral behavior and all the wicked things you do. Humbly accept the word that God has placed in you. This word can save you.
    22Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves. 23If someone listens to God’s word but doesn’t do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror, 24studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25However, the person who continues to study God’s perfect teachings that make people free and who remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don’t merely listen and forget; they actually do what God’s teachings say.
    26If a person thinks that he is religious but can’t control his tongue, he is fooling himself. That person’s religion is worthless. 27Pure, unstained religion, according to God our Father, is to take care of orphans and widows when they suffer and to remain uncorrupted by this world.











































 

James 2:14-19 (GOD'S WORD )

    14My brothers and sisters, what good does it do if someone claims to have faith but doesn't do any good things? Can this kind of faith save him? 15Suppose a believer, whether a man or a woman, needs clothes or food 16and one of you tells that person, "God be with you! Stay warm, and make sure you eat enough." If you don't provide for that person's physical needs, what good does it do? 17In the same way, faith by itself is dead if it doesn't cause you to do any good things.
    18Another person might say, "You have faith, but I do good things." Show me your faith apart from the good things you do. I will show you my faith by the good things I do. 19You believe that there is one God. That's fine! The demons also believe that, and they tremble with fear.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 















James 4:1-17  (GOD'S WORD )

   1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Aren't they caused by the selfish desires that fight to control you?
   2You want what you don't have, so you commit murder. You're determined to have things, but you can't get what you want. You quarrel and fight. You don't have the things you want, because you don't pray for them. 3When you pray for things, you don't get them because you want them for the wrong reason-for your own pleasure.
    4You unfaithful people! Don't you know that love for this {evil} world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God. 5Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, "The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own."
    6But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says,

        "God opposes arrogant people,
            but he is kind to humble people."

    7So place yourselves under God's authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. 8Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters. 9Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence. Then he will give you a high position.11Brothers and sisters, stop slandering each other. Those who slander and judge other believers slander and judge God’s teachings. If you judge God’s teachings, you are no longer following them. Instead, you are judging them.
    12There is only one teacher and judge. He is able to save or destroy you. So who are you to judge your neighbor?
    13Pay attention to this! You’re saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go into some city, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money.” 14You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears. 15Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and carry out our plans.” 16However, you brag because
you’re arrogant. All such bragging is evil.
    17Whoever knows what is right but doesn’t do it is sinning.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 















 

James 4:13-17  (GOD'S WORD )

   13 Pay attention to this! You’re saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go into some city, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money.” 14You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears. 15Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and carry out our plans.” 16However, you brag because you’re arrogant. All such bragging is evil.
    17Whoever knows what is right but doesn’t do it is sinning. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


















 

James 5:1-11  (GOD'S WORD )

   1Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you. 2Your riches have decayed, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. 3Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you. Like fire, it will destroy your body. You have stored up riches in these last days. 4The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout to God against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops. 5You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of
slaughterrothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. See how farmers wait for their precious crops to grow. They wait patiently for fall and spring rains.6You have condemned and murdered people who have God’s approval, even though they didn’t resist you.
    7Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes again. See how farmers wait for their precious crops to grow. They wait patiently for fall and spring rains.
    8You, too, must be patient. Don't give up hope. The Lord will soon be here. 9Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. Realize that the judge is standing at the door.
    10Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly. 11We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job's suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




























 

James 5:13-18  (GOD'S WORD )

   13 If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms. 14If you are sick, call for the church leaders. Have them pray for you and anoint you with olive oil in the name of the Lord. 15(Prayers offered in faith will save those who are sick, and the Lord will cure them.) If you have sinned, you will be forgiven. 16So admit your sins to each other, and pray for each other so that you will be healed.
    Prayers offered by those who have God’s approval are effective. 17Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years. 18Then he prayed again. It rained, and the ground produced crops.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


































 

I Peter 5:1-11  (GOD'S WORD )

    1I appeal to your spiritual leaders.a I make this appeal as a spiritual leader who also witnessed Christ’s sufferings and will share in the glory that
will be revealed. 2Be shepherds over the flock God has entrusted to you. Watch over it as God does: Don’t do this because you have to, but because you want to. Don’t do it out of greed, but out of a desire to serve. 3Don’t be rulers over the people entrusted to you, but be examples for the flock to follow.
    4Then, when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. 5Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble. 6Be humbled by God’s power so that when the right time comes he will honor you.
    7Turn all your anxiety over to God because he cares for you. 8Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a
roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour. 9Be firm in the faith and resist him, knowing that other believers throughout the world are going through the same kind of suffering. 10God, who shows you his kindnessb and who has called you through Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, strengthen you, make you strong, and support you as you suffer for a little while. 11Power belongs to him forever. Amen.















 





























1 John 1:1-4 (GOD'S WORD)

   1The Word of life existed from the beginning. We have heard it. We have seen it. We observed and touched it. 2This life was revealed to us. We have seen it, and we testify about it. We are reporting to you about this eternal life that was in the presence of the Father and was revealed to us. 3This is the life we have seen and heard. We are reporting about it to you also so that you, too, can have a relationship with us. Our relationship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4We are writing this so that we can be completely filled with joy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
























 

1 John 1:5-10 (GOD'S WORD)

THROUGH JESUS WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

    5This is the message we heard from Christ and are reporting to you: God is light, and there isn’t any darkness in him. 6If we say, “We have a relationship with God” and yet live in the dark, we’re lying. We aren’t being truthful.
    7But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin. 8If we say, “We aren’t sinful” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we’ve done wrong. 10If we say, “We have never sinned,” we turn God into a liar and his Word is not in us.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


































1 John  2:1-11 (GOD'S WORD)

 1     My dear children, I’m writing this to you so that you will not sin. Yet, if anyone does sin, we have Jesus Christ, who has God’s full approval. He speaks on our behalf when we come into the presence of the Father. 2He is the payment for our sins, and not only for our sins, but also for the sins of
the whole world.

THOSE WHO KNOW CHRIST OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS

3     We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments. 4The person who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn’t in that person. 5But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God’s love is perfected. That’s how we know we are in Christ. 6Those who say that they live in him must live the same way he lived.
7    Dear friends, it’s not as though I’m writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, I’m giving you an old commandment that you’ve had from the beginning. It’s the old commandment you’ve already heard. 8On the other hand, I’m writing to give you a new commandment. It’s a truth that exists in Christ and in you: The darkness is fading, and the true light is already shining.
9    Those who say that they are in the light but hate other believers are still in the dark. 10Those who love other believers live in the light. Nothing will destroy the faith of those who live in the light. 11Those who hate other believers are in the dark and live in the dark. They don’t know where they’re going, because they can’t see in the dark.















































1 John  2:12-29 (GOD'S WORD)

  12I’m writing to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven through Christ.
    13I’m writing to you, fathers, because you know Christ who has existed from the beginning. I’m writing to you, young people, because you have won the victory over the evil one.
    14I’ve written to you, children, because you know the Father. I’ve written to you, fathers, because you know Christ, who has existed from the beginning.
I’ve written to you, young people, because you are strong and God’s word
lives in you. You have won the victory over the evil one.
    15Don't love the world and what it offers. Those who love the world don't have the Father's love in them. 16Not everything that the world offers--physical gratification, greed, and extravagant lifestyles--comes from the Father. It comes from the world, and 17the world and its evil desires are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.
    18Children, it’s the end of time. You’ve heard that an antichrist is coming. Certainly, many antichrists are already here. That’s how we know it’s the end of time. 19They left us. However, they were never really part of us. If they had been, they would have stayed with us. But by leaving they made it clear that none of them were part of us.
    20The Holy One has anointed you, so all of you have knowledge. 21I’m writing to you because you know the truth, not because you don’t know the truth.
You know that no lie ever comes from the truth.
    22Who is a liar? Who else but the person who rejects Jesus as the Messiah? The person who rejects the Father and the Son is an antichrist. 23Everyone who rejects the Son doesn’t have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father. 24Make sure that the message you heard from the beginning lives in you. If that message lives in you, you will also live
in the Son and in the Father. 25Christ has given us the promise of eternal life.
    26I’m writing to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27The anointing you received from Christ lives in you. You don’t need anyone to teach you something else. Instead, Christ’s anointing teaches you about everything. His anointing is true and contains no lie. So live in Christ as he taught you to do.
    28Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won’t turn from him in shame. 29If you know that Christ has God’s approval, you also know that everyone who does what God approves of has been born from God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  




















1 John 3:1-24 (GOD'S WORD )

   1Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God's dear children. And that's what we are. For this reason the world doesn't recognize us, and it didn't recognize him either. 2Dear friends, now we are God's children. What we will be isn't completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is. 3So all people who have this confidence in Christ keep themselves pure, as Christ is pure. 
    4Those who live sinful lives are disobeying God. Sin is disobedience. 5You know that Christ appeared in order to take away our sins. He isn’t sinful.6Those who live in Christ don’t go on sinning. Those who go on sinning haven’t seen or known Christ.
    7Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what God approves of has God’s approval as Christ has God’s approval. 8The person who lives a sinful life belongs to the devil, because the devil has been committing sin since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy what the devil does. 9Those who have been born from God don’t live sinful lives. What God has said lives in them, and they can’t live sinful lives  They have been born from God. 10This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child. 11The message that you have heard from the biginning was to love each other. 12 Don't be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. and why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did where evil and the things his brother did had God's approval. 13Brothers and sisters, don't be surprised if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to like, because we love other believers. The person who doesn't grow in love remains in death. 15Everyone who hates another believer is a murderer, and you know that a murderer doesn't have eternal life. 16We understand that love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers. 17Now, suppose a person has enough to live on and notices another believer in need. How can God's love be in that person if he doesn't bother to help the other believer? 18Dear children, we must show love through actions that all sincere, not threw empty words. 19This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be reassured in his presence. 20Whenever our conscience condemnes us, we will be reassured that God is greater than our conscience and knows everything. 21Dear friends, if our conscience doesn't condem us, we can boldly look to God  22and recieve from him everything we ask. We recieve it because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him. 23This is his commandment:to believe in his son, the one name Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.24Those who obey Christ's commandments live in God, and we know them. We know that he lives in us because he has given us the spirit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








 

























          




1 John 4:1-6 (GOD'S WORD)

    1Dear friends, don't believe all people who say that they have the Spirit. Instead, test them. See whether the spirit they have is from God, because there are many false prohpets in the world. 2This is how you can recognize God's Spirit: Every person who declares that Jesus Christ has come as a human has the Spirit that is from God. 3But every person who doesn't declare that Jesus Christ has come as a human has a spirit that isn't from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that you have heard is coming. That spirit is already in the world.
     4Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5These people belong to the world. That’s why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them. 6We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever doesn’t belong to God doesn’t listen to us. That’s how we can tell the Spirit of truth from the spirit of lies.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 









1 John  5:1-12 (GOD'S WORD)

    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children. 2We know that we love God’s children when we love God by obeying his commandments. 3To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn’t difficult 4because everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory
over the world. 5Who wins the victory over the world? Isn’t it the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 
   6This Son of God is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood. He didn't come with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth. 7There are three witnesses: 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses agree.
    9We accept human testimony. God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony that he has given about his Son. 10Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them. Those who don't believe God have made God a liar. They haven't believed the testimony that God has given about his Son.
    11This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son. 12The person who has the Son has this life. The person who doesn't have the Son of God doesn't have this life.

 



































1 John  5:18-21 (GOD'S WORD)

    18We know that those who have been born from God don't go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can't harm them.
    19We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
    20We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.
    21Dear children, guard yourselves from false gods.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 













 

2 John  1-11 (GOD'S WORD)

    1From the church leader. To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love because we share the truth. I’m not the only one who loves you. Everyone who knows the truth also loves you. 2We love you because of the truth which lives in us and will be with us forever.
    3Good will, mercy, and peace will be with us. They come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, who in truth and love is the Father’s Son.
    4I was very happy to find some of your children living in the truth as the Father has commanded us. 5Dear lady, I’m now requesting that we continue to love each other. It’s not as though I’m writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, from the beginning we were commanded to love each other.
    6Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning.
    7Many people who deceive others have gone into the world. They refuse to declare that Jesus Christ came in flesh and blood. This is the mark of a deceiver and an antichrist. 8Be careful that you don't destroy what we've worked for, but that you receive your full reward.
    9Everyone who doesn't continue to teach what Christ taught doesn't have God. The person who continues to teach what Christ taught has both the Father and the Son. 10If  anyone comes to you and doesn't bring these teachings, don't take him into your home or even greet him.11Whoever greets him shares the evil things he’s doing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



































 

Jude 1:14-25 (GOD'S WORD)

   14Furthermore, Enoch, from the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about them. He said, “The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy angels. 15He has come to judge all these people. He has come to convict all these ungodly sinners for all the ungodly things they have done and all the harsh things they have said about him.”
    16These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.
    17Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ told you to expect: 18“In the last times people who ridicule bGodn will appear. They will follow their own ungodly desires.”                 19These are the people who cause divisions. They are concerned about physical things, not spiritual things.
    20Dear friends, use your most holy faith to grow. Pray with the Holy Spirit’s help. 21Remain in God’s love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you eternal life.
    22Show mercy to those who have doubts. 23Save others by snatching them from the fire of hell. Show mercy to others, even though you are afraid that you might be stained by their sinful lives.
    24God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault. 25Before time began, now, and for eternity glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




































 

Jude 3-4 (GOD'S WORD)

   3Dear friends, I had intended to write to you about the salvation we share. but something has come up. It demands that I write to you and encourage you to continue your fight for the Christian faith that was entrusted to God's holy people once for all time.
    4Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God's kindness as an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





















 

Jude 5-16 (GOD'S WORD)

   5 I want to remind you about what you already know: The Lord once saved his people from Egypt. But on another occasion he destroyed those who didn’t believe. 6He held angels for judgment on the great day. They were held in darkness, bound by eternal chains. These are the angels who didn’t keep their position of authority but abandoned their assigned place. 7What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.
    8 Yet, in a similar way, the people who slipped in among you are dreamers. They contaminate their bodies with sin, reject the Lord’s authority, and insult his glory. 9When the archangel Michael argued with the devil, they were arguing over the body of Moses. But Michael didn’t dare to hand down a judgment against the devil. Instead, Michael said, “May the Lord reprimand you!”
    10Whatever these people don’t understand, they insult. Like animals, which are creatures of instinct, they use whatever they know to destroy themselves. 11How horrible it will be for them! They have followed the path of Cain. They have rushed into Balaam’s error to make a profit. They have rebelled like Korah and destroyed themselves.
    12These people are a disgrace at the special meals you share with other believers. They eat with you and don’t feel ashamed. They are shepherds who care {only} for themselves. They are dry clouds blown around by the winds. They are withered, uprooted trees without any fruit. As a result, they have died twice. 13Their shame is like the foam on the wild waves of the sea. They are wandering stars for whom gloomy darkness is kept forever.
    14Furthermore, Enoch, from the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about them. He said, “The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy angels. 15He has come to judge all these people. He has come to convict all these ungodly sinners for all the ungodly things they have done and all the harsh things they have said about him.”
    16These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.








































 

 







































 

Jude 14-16 (GOD'S WORD)

   14Furthermore, Enoch, from the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about them. He said, "The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy angels, 15He has come to judge all these people. He has come to convict all these ungodly sinners for all the ungodly things they have done and the harsh things they have said about him."
   16These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






















 

Jude 17-25 (GOD'S WORD)

       17The five men who had gone to spy throughout the land went inside. They took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the metal idol. The priest stood at the entrance to the city with the 600 armed men. 18When these men entered Micah’s house and took the carved idol, the ephod, the household idols, and the metal idol, the priest asked them, “What are you doing?”
    19They told him, “Keep quiet! Don’t say a word! Come with us and be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest for one man’s house or for a tribe in Israel and its families?”
    20The priest was content. He took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved idol and went with the people. 21When they left, they put their children, livestock, and property in front of them.
    22When they had already gone some distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors were called together to help him catch up to the people of Dan.
     23Save others by snatching them from the fire [of hell]. Show mercy to others, even though you are afraid that you might be stained by their sinful lives.
    24God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault. 25Before time began, now, and for eternity glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.