11 The elder to the chosen lady and her children , whom I love in truth ; and not only I, but also all who know the truth , 2 for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever : 3 Grace , mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ , the Son of the Father , in truth and love .
4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth , just as we have received commandment to do from the Father .
5 Now I ask you, lady , not as though I were writing to you a new commandment , but the one which we have had from the beginning , that we love one another . 6 And this is love , that we walk according to His commandments . This is the commandment , just as you have heard from the beginning , that you should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world , those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh . This is the deceiver and the antichrist . 8 Watch yourselves , that you do not lose what we have accomplished , but that you may receive a full reward . 9 [1]Anyone who [2]goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ , does not have God ; the one who abides in the teaching , he has both the Father and the Son .
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching , do not receive him into your house , and do not give him a greeting ; 11 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds .
12 Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink ; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face , so that [3]your joy may be made full . 13 The children of your chosen sister greet you.
11 The elder to the beloved Gaius , whom I love in truth . 2 Beloved , I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health , just as your soul prospers .
3 For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth , that is, how you are walking in truth . 4 I have no greater joy than [4]this , to hear of my children walking in the truth .
5 Beloved , you are acting faithfully in whatever e you accomplish for the brethren , and [5]especially when they are strangers ; 6 and they have testified to your love before the church . You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God . 7 For they went out for the sake of the Name , accepting nothing from the Gentiles . 8 Therefore we ought to [6]support such men , so that we may [7]be fellow workers [8]with the truth .
9 I wrote something to the church ; but Diotrephes , who loves to be first among them, does not accept [9]what we say . 10 For this reason , if I come , I will call attention to his deeds which he does , unjustly accusing us with wicked words ; and not satisfied with this , he himself does not receive the brethren , either , and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church .
11 Beloved , do not imitate what is evil , but what is good . The one who does good is of God ; the one who does evil has not seen God .
12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone , and from the truth itself ; and we add our testimony , and you know that our testimony is true .
13 I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink ; 14 but I hope to see you shortly , and we will speak face to face . 15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name .
11 [10] Jude , a bond-servant of Jesus Christ , and brother of [11]James , To those who are the called , beloved in God the Father , and kept for Jesus Christ : 2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved , while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation , I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the [12]saints . 4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed , those who were long beforehand [13] marked out for this condemnation , ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord , Jesus Christ . 5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all , that [14]the Lord , after saving a people out of the land of Egypt , [15]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe . 6 And angels who did not keep their own domain , but abandoned their proper abode , He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day , 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after [16]strange flesh , are exhibited as an [17] example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire .
8 Yet in the same way these men , also by dreaming , defile the flesh , and reject authority , and revile [18]angelic majesties . 9 But Michael the archangel , when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses , did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment , but said , " The Lord rebuke you!" 10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand ; and the things which they know by instinct , like unreasoning animals , by these things they are [19]destroyed . 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain , and for pay [20]they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam , and perished in the rebellion of Korah . 12 These are the men who are [21]hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear , caring for themselves ; clouds without water , carried along by winds ; autumn trees without fruit , [22]doubly dead , uprooted ; 13 wild waves of the sea , casting up their own [23]shame like foam ; wandering stars , for whom the [24]black darkness has been reserved forever . 14 It was also about these men that Enoch , in the seventh generation from Adam , prophesied , saying , " Behold , the Lord came with [25]many thousands of His holy ones ,
15 to execute judgment upon all , and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way , and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." 16 These are grumblers , finding fault , following after their own lusts ; [26]they speak arrogantly , flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage .
17 But you, beloved , ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ , 18 that they were saying to you, " In the last time there will be mockers , following after their own ungodly lusts ." 19 These are the ones who cause divisions , [27] worldly-minded , [28]devoid e of the Spirit . 20 But you, beloved , building yourselves up on your most holy faith , praying in the Holy Spirit , 21 keep yourselves in the love of God , waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life . 22 And have mercy on some , who are doubting ; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire ; and on some have mercy with fear , hating even the garment polluted by the flesh .
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling , and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy , 25 to the only God our Savior , through Jesus Christ our Lord , be glory , majesty , dominion and authority , before all time and now and [29]forever . Amen .
