3Beloved, when I gavealldiligenceto writeunto youofthe commonsalvation, it wasneedfulfor meto writeunto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contendfor the faithwhich wasoncedeliveredunto the saints.
4Forthere arecertainmencrept in unawares, who werebefore of oldordainedtothiscondemnation, ungodly men, turningthe graceofourGodintolasciviousness, anddenyingtheonlyLordGod, andourLordJesusChrist.
5I willthereforeputyouin remembrance, thoughyeonceknewthis, how thatthe Lord, having savedthe peopleout ofthe landof Egypt, afterwarddestroyedthem that believednot.
7Even asSodomandGomorrha, andthe citiesabouttheminlikemanner, giving themselves over to fornication, andgoingafterstrangeflesh, are set forthfor an example, sufferingthe vengeanceofeternalfire.
9YetMichaelthe archangel, whencontendingwith the devilhe disputedaboutthe bodyof Moses, durstnotbring against himarailingaccusation, butsaid, The Lordrebukethee.
10Butthesespeak evilof those things whichthey knownot: butwhatthey knownaturally, asbrutebeasts, inthose thingsthey corrupt themselves.
11Woeunto them! forthey have gonein the wayof Cain, andran greedilyafter the errorof Balaamfor reward, andperishedin the gainsayingof Core.
12Thesearespotsinyourfeasts of charity, when they feast withyou, feedingthemselveswithout fear: clouds they are without water, carried aboutofwinds; treeswhose fruit withereth, without fruit, twicedead, plucked up by the roots;
13Ragingwavesof the sea, foaming outtheir ownshame; wanderingstars, to whomis reserved the blacknessof darknessforever.
14AndEnochalso, the seventhfromAdam, prophesiedof these, saying, Behold, the Lordcomethwithten thousandsofhissaints,
15To executejudgmentuponall, andto convinceallthat are ungodlyamong themofalltheirungodlydeedswhichthey have ungodly committed, andofalltheir hard speeches whichungodlysinnershave spokenagainsthim.