1. From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James —To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:
2. May mercy, peace, and love be yours in full measure.
3. My dear friends, I was doing my best to write to you about the salvation we share in common, when I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people.
4. For some godless people have slipped in unnoticed among us, persons who distort the message about the grace of our God in order to excuse their immoral ways, and who reject Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Long ago the Scriptures predicted the condemnation they have received.