King James Bible - with Strong’s numbers (EN)

1JudeG2455, the servantG1401 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547, andG1161 brotherG80 of JamesG2385, to them that are sanctifiedG37 byG1722 GodG2316 the FatherG3962, andG2532 preservedG5083 in JesusG2424 ChristG5547, and calledG2822: 2MercyG1656 unto youG5213, andG2532 peaceG1515, andG2532 loveG26, be multipliedG4129 . 3BelovedG27, when I gaveG4160 allG3956 diligenceG4710 to writeG1125 unto youG5213 ofG4012 the commonG2839 salvationG4991, it wasG2192 needfulG318 for meG2192 to writeG1125 unto youG5213, and exhortG3870 you that ye should earnestly contendG1864 for the faithG4102 which was onceG530 deliveredG3860 unto the saintsG40. 4ForG1063 there are certainG5100 menG444 crept in unawaresG3921, whoG3588 were beforeG4270 of oldG3819 ordainedG4270 toG1519 thisG5124 condemnationG2917, ungodly menG765, turningG3346 the graceG5485 of ourG2257 GodG2316 intoG1519 lasciviousnessG766, andG2532 denyingG720 the onlyG3441 LordG1203 GodG2316, andG2532 ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547. 5I willG1014 thereforeG1161 putG5279 youG5209 in remembranceG5279, though yeG5209 onceG530 knewG1492 thisG5124, how thatG3754 the LordG2962, having savedG4982 the peopleG2992 out ofG1537 the landG1093 of EgyptG125, afterwardG1208 destroyedG622 them that believedG4100 notG3361. 6AndG5037 the angelsG32 which keptG5083 notG3361 theirG1438 first estateG746, butG235 leftG620 their ownG2398 habitationG3613, he hath reservedG5083 in everlastingG126 chainsG1199 underG5259 darknessG2217 untoG1519 the judgmentG2920 of the greatG3173 dayG2250. 7Even asG5613 SodomG4670 andG2532 GomorrhaG1116, andG2532 the citiesG4172 aboutG4012 themG846 in likeG3664 G5125 mannerG5158, giving themselves over to fornicationG1608, andG2532 goingG565 afterG3694 strangeG2087 fleshG4561, are set forth forG4295 an exampleG1164, sufferingG5254 the vengeanceG1349 of eternalG166 fireG4442. 8LikewiseG3668 G3305 alsoG2532 theseG3778 filthy dreamersG1797 defileG3392 the fleshG3303 G4561,G1161 despiseG114 dominionG2963, andG1161 speak evilG987 of dignitiesG1391. 9YetG1161 MichaelG3413 the archangelG743, whenG3753 contendingG1252 with the devilG1228 he disputedG1256 aboutG4012 the bodyG4983 of MosesG3475, durstG5111 notG3756 bring against himG2018 a railingG988 accusationG2920, butG235 saidG2036, The LordG2962 rebukeG2008 theeG4671. 10ButG1161 theseG3778 speak evilG987 of those things whichG3745 G3303 they knowG1492 notG3756: butG1161 whatG3745 they knowG1987 naturallyG5447, asG5613 bruteG249 beastsG2226, inG1722 those thingsG5125 they corrupt themselvesG5351 . 11WoeG3759 unto themG846! forG3754 they have goneG4198 in the wayG3598 of CainG2535, andG2532 ran greedily afterG1632 the errorG4106 of BalaamG903 for rewardG3408, andG2532 perishedG622 in the gainsayingG485 of CoreG2879. 12TheseG3778 areG1526 spotsG4694 inG1722 yourG5216 feasts of charityG26, when they feastG4910 with youG5213, feedingG4165 themselvesG1438 without fearG870: cloudsG3507 they are without waterG504, carried aboutG4064 ofG5259 windsG417; treesG1186 whose fruit witherethG5352, without fruitG175, twiceG1364 deadG599, plucked up by the rootsG1610 ; 13RagingG66 wavesG2949 of the seaG2281, foaming outG1890 their ownG1438 shameG152; wanderingG4107 starsG792, to whomG3739 is reservedG5083 the blacknessG2217 of darknessG4655 forG1519 everG165. 14AndG1161 EnochG1802 alsoG2532, the seventhG1442 fromG575 AdamG76, prophesiedG4395 of theseG5125, sayingG3004, BeholdG2400, the LordG2962 comethG2064 withG1722 ten thousandsG3461 of hisG846 saintsG40, 15To executeG4160 judgmentG2920 uponG2596 allG3956, andG2532 to convinceG1827 allG3956 that are ungodlyG765 among themG846 ofG4012 allG3956 theirG846 ungodlyG763 deedsG2041 whichG3739 they have ungodly committedG764, andG2532 ofG4012 allG3956 their hardG4642 speeches whichG3739 ungodlyG765 sinnersG268 have spokenG2980 againstG2596 himG846. 16TheseG3778 areG1526 murmurersG1113, complainersG3202, walkingG4198 afterG2596 their ownG846 lustsG1939; andG2532 theirG846 mouthG4750 speakethG2980 great swellingG5246 words, having men's personsG4383 in admirationG2296 becauseG5484 of advantageG5622. 17ButG1161, belovedG27, rememberG3415 yeG5210 the wordsG4487 whichG3588 were spoken beforeG4280 ofG5259 the apostlesG652 of ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547; 18HowG3754 thatG3754 they toldG3004 youG5213 there should beG2071 mockersG1703 inG1722 the lastG2078 timeG5550, who should walkG4198 afterG2596 their ownG1438 ungodlyG763 lustsG1939. 19TheseG3778 beG1526 they who separateG592 themselvesG1438, sensualG5591, havingG2192 notG3361 the SpiritG4151. 20ButG1161 yeG5210, belovedG27, building upG2026 yourselvesG1438 on yourG5216 most holyG40 faithG4102, prayingG4336 inG1722 the HolyG40 GhostG4151, 21KeepG5083 yourselvesG1438 inG1722 the loveG26 of GodG2316, looking forG4327 the mercyG1656 of ourG2257 LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 untoG1519 eternalG166 lifeG2222. 22AndG2532 G3303 of someG3739 have compassionG1653, making a differenceG1252 : 23AndG1161 othersG3739 saveG4982 withG1722 fearG5401, pullingG726 them out ofG1537 the fireG4442; hatingG3404 evenG2532 the garmentG5509 spottedG4695 byG575 the fleshG4561. 24NowG1161 unto him that is ableG1410 to keepG5442 youG5209 G846 from fallingG679, andG2532 to presentG2476 you faultlessG299 before the presenceG2714 of hisG846 gloryG1391 withG1722 exceeding joyG20, 25To the onlyG3441 wiseG4680 GodG2316 ourG2257 SaviourG4990, be gloryG1391 andG2532 majestyG3172, dominionG2904 andG2532 powerG1849, bothG2532 nowG3568 andG2532 everG1519 G3956 G165. AmenG281.


Matthew Henry - Concise Commentary
 1   Christians are called out of the world, from the evil spirit and temper of it; called above the world, to higher and better things, to heaven, things unseen and eternal; called from sin to Christ, from vanity to seriousness, from uncleanness to holiness; and this according to the Divine purpose and grace. If sanctified and glorified, all the honour and glory must be ascribed to God, and to him alone. As it is God who begins the work of grace in the souls of men, so it is he who carries it on, and perfects it. Let us not trust in ourselves, nor in our stock of grace already received, but in him, and in him alone. The mercy of God is the spring and fountain of all the good we have or hope for; mercy, not only to the miserable, but to the guilty. Next to mercy is peace, which we have from the sense of having obtained mercy. From peace springs love; Christ's love to us, our love to him, and our brotherly love to one another. The apostle prays, not that Christians may be content with a little; but that their souls and societies may be full of these things. None are shut out from gospel offers and invitations, but those who obstinately and wickedly shut themselves out. But the application is to all believers, and only to such. It is to the weak as well as to the strong. Those who have received the doctrine of this common salvation, must contend for it, earnestly, not furiously. Lying for the truth is bad; scolding for it is not better. Those who have received the truth must contend for it, as the apostles did; by suffering with patience and courage for it, not by making others suffer if they will not embrace every notion we call faith, or important. We ought to contend earnestly for the faith, in opposition to those who would corrupt or deprave it; who creep in unawares; who glide in like serpents. And those are the worst of the ungodly, who take encouragement to sin boldly, because the grace of God has abounded, and still abounds so wonderfully, and who are hardened by the extent and fulness of gospel grace, the design of which is to deliver men from sin, and bring them unto God.

 5   Outward privileges, profession, and apparent conversion, could not secure those from the vengeance of God, who turned aside in unbelief and disobedience. The destruction of the unbelieving Israelites in the wilderness, shows that none ought to presume on their privileges. They had miracles as their daily bread; yet even they perished in unbelief. A great number of the angels were not pleased with the stations God allotted to them; pride was the main and direct cause or occasion of their fall. The fallen angels are kept to the judgment of the great day; and shall fallen men escape it? Surely not. Consider this in due time. The destruction of Sodom is a loud warning to all, to take heed of, and flee from fleshly lusts that war against the soul, 1Pet 2:11. God is the same holy, just, pure Being now, as then. Stand in awe, therefore, and sin not, Pss 4:4. Let us not rest in anything that does not make the soul subject to the obedience of Christ; for nothing but the renewal of our souls to the Divine image by the Holy Spirit, can keep us from being destroyed among the enemies of God. Consider this instance of the angels, and see that no dignity or worth of the creature is of avail. How then should man tremble, who drinketh iniquity like water! Job 15:16.

 8   False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul. These teachers are of a disturbed mind and a seditious spirit; forgetting that the powers that be, are ordained of God, Roma 13:1. As to the contest about the body of Moses, it appears that Satan wished to make the place of his burial known to the Israelites, in order to tempt them to worship him, but he was prevented, and vented his rage in desperate blasphemy. This should remind all who dispute never to bring railing charges. Also learn hence, that we ought to defend those whom God owns. It is hard, if not impossible, to find any enemies to the Christian religion, who did not, and do not, live in open or secret contradiction to the principles of natural religion. Such are here compared to brute beasts, though they often boast of themselves as the wisest of mankind. They corrupt themselves in the things most open and plain. The fault lies, not in their understandings, but in their depraved wills, and their disordered appetites and affections. It is a great reproach, though unjust to religion, when those who profess it are opposed to it in heart and life. The Lord will remedy this in his time and way; not in men's blind way of plucking up the wheat with the tares. It is sad when men begin in the Spirit, and end in the flesh. Twice dead; they had been once dead in their natural, fallen state; but now they are dead again by the evident proofs of their hypocrisy. Dead trees, why cumber they the ground! Away with them to the fire. Raging waves are a terror to sailing passengers; but when they get into port, the noise and terror are ended. False teachers are to expect the worst punishments in this world and in that to come. They glare like meteors, or falling stars, and then sink into the blackness of darkness for ever. We have no mention of the prophecy of Enoch in any other part or place of Scripture; yet one plain text of Scripture, proves any point we are to believe. We find from this, that Christ's coming to judge was prophesied of, as early as the times before the flood. The Lord cometh: what a glorious time will that be! Notice how often the word ungodly is repeated. Many now do not at all refer to the terms godly, or ungodly, unless it be to mock at even the words; but it is not so in the language taught us by the Holy Ghost. Hard speeches of one another, especially if ill-grounded, will certainly come into account at the day of judgment. These evil men and seducers are angry at every thing that happens, and never pleased with their own state and condition. Their will and their fancy, are their only rule and law. Those who please their sinful appetites, are most prone to yield to ungovernable passions. The men of God, from the beginning of the world, have declared the doom denounced on them. Such let us avoid. We are to follow men only as they follow Christ.

 17   Sensual men separate from Christ, and his church, and join themselves to the devil, the world, and the flesh, by ungodly and sinful practices. That is infinitely worse than to separate from any branch of the visible church on account of opinions, or modes and circumstances of outward government or worship. Sensual men have not the spirit of holiness, which whoever has not, does not belong to Christ. The grace of faith is most holy, as it works by love, purifies the heart, and overcomes the world, by which it is distinguished from a false and dead faith. Our prayers are most likely to prevail, when we pray in the Holy Ghost, under his guidance and influence, according to the rule of his word, with faith, fervency, and earnestness; this is praying in the Holy Ghost. And a believing expectation of eternal life will arm us against the snares of sin: lively faith in this blessed hope will help us to mortify our lusts. We must watch over one another; faithfully, yet prudently reprove each other, and set a good example to all about us. This must be done with compassion, making a difference between the weak and the wilful. Some we must treat with tenderness. Others save with fear; urging the terrors of the Lord. All endeavours must be joined with decided abhorrence of crimes, and care be taken to avoid whatever led to, or was connected with fellowship with them, in works of darkness, keeping far from what is, or appears to be evil.

 24   God is able, and as willing as able, to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as those who never have been faulty, but as those who, but for God's mercy, and a Saviour's sufferings and merits, might most justly have been condemned long ago. All sincere believers were given him of the Father; and of all so given him he has lost none, nor will lose any one. Now, our faults fill us with fears, doubts, and sorrows; but the Redeemer has undertaken for his people, that they shall be presented faultless. Where there is no sin, there will be no sorrow; where there is the perfection of holiness, there will be the perfection of joy. Let us more often look up to Him who is able to keep us from falling, to improve as well as maintain the work he has wrought in us, till we shall be presented blameless before the presence of his glory. Then shall our hearts know a joy beyond what earth can afford; then shall God also rejoice over us, and the joy of our compassionate Saviour be completed. To Him who has so wisely formed the scheme, and will faithfully and perfectly accomplish it, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen.