Focused Passage

Jude 1:11-13

Contend for the Faith, Keep Yourselves in God’s Love, and Rest in the God Who Keeps You

Jude moves from divine preservation and mercy, to the urgent call to contend for the apostolic faith, to examples of judgment against rebellion, to exposure of ungodly intruders, to the church’s call to persevere in love and mercy, and finally to a doxology celebrating the God who is able to keep his people from falling.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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References and Original Words

Verse 11

Original words

WoeοὐαὶG3759Interjectionto themαὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionThey have traveledἐπορεύθησανG4198Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person PluraltheτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularpathὁδῷG3598Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof CainΚάϊνG2535Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionthey have rushedἐξεχύθησανG1632Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Pluralfor profitμισθοῦG3408Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularinto theτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularerrorπλάνῃG4106Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof BalaamΒαλαὰμG903Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionthey have perishedἀπώλοντοG622Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralinτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularKorah’sΚόρεG2879Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularrebellionἀντιλογίᾳG485Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 12

Original words

These [men]ΟὗτοίG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralareεἰσινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Pluralhidden reefsσπιλάδεςG4694Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine Plurallove feastsἀγάπαιςG26Noun - Dative Feminine PluralshamelesslyἀφόβωςG870Adverbfeasting [with you]συνευωχούμενοιG4910Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural[but] shepherdingποιμαίνοντεςG4165Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural[only] themselvesἑαυτοὺςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural[They are] cloudsνεφέλαιG3507Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralwithout waterἄνυδροιG504Adjective - Nominative Feminine Pluralcarried alongπαραφερόμεναιG3911Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine PluralbyὑπὸG5259Preposition[the] windἀνέμωνG417Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralfruitlessἄκαρπαG175Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluraltreesδένδραG1186Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralin autumnφθινοπωρινὰG5352Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluraltwiceδὶςG1364AdverbdeadἀποθανόνταG599Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Pluralafter being uprootedἐκριζωθένταG1610Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural

BSB notes

  • Or are blemishes
Verse 13

Original words

[They are] wildἄγριαG66Adjective - Nominative Neuter PluralwavesκύματαG2949Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralof [the] seaθαλάσσηςG2281Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularfoaming upἐπαφρίζονταG1890Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter PluraltheirἑαυτῶνG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural[own]τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralshameαἰσχύναςG152Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralwanderingπλανῆταιG4107Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralstarsἀστέρεςG792Noun - Nominative Masculine Pluralfor whomοἷςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularblackestζόφοςG2217Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingulardarknessσκότουςG4655Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularhas been reservedτετήρηταιG5083Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularvvvεἰςG1519PrepositionforeverαἰῶναG165Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

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