Focused Passage

Jude 1:20-23

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.

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20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

22And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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Verse 20

Original words

ButδέG1161ConjunctionyouὙμεῖςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person PluralbelovedἀγαπητοίG27Adjective - Vocative Masculine Pluralby buildingἐποικοδομοῦντεςG2026Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Pluralyourselves {up}ἑαυτοὺςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralinτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Pluralmost holyἁγιωτάτῃG40Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular - SuperlativefaithπίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine Singular[and] prayingπροσευχόμενοιG4336Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722Preposition[the] HolyἉγίῳG40Adjective - Dative Neuter SingularSpiritΠνεύματιG4151Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Verse 21

Original words

keepτηρήσατεG5083Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralyourselvesἑαυτοὺςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person PluralinἐνG1722Preposition[the] loveἀγάπῃG26Noun - Dative Feminine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularas you awaitπροσδεχόμενοιG4327Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularmercyἔλεοςG1656Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularof ourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularto bring [you]εἰςG1519PrepositioneternalαἰώνιονG166Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularlifeζωὴνG2222Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 22

Original words

AndΚαὶG2532ConjunctionindeedμὲνG3303Conjunctionhave mercy onἐλεᾶτεG1653Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Pluralthose whoοὓςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine PluraldoubtδιακρινομένουςG1252Verb - Present Participle Middle - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 23

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionsaveσῴζετεG4982Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person PluralothersοὓςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Pluralby snatching [them]ἁρπάζοντεςG726Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralfromἐκG1537Preposition[the] fireπυρὸςG4442Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularandδὲG1161Conjunctionto still othersοὓςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Pluralshow mercyἐλεᾶτεG1653Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural[ tempered ] withἐνG1722PrepositionfearφόβῳG5401Noun - Dative Masculine SingularhatingμισοῦντεςG3404Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralevenκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularclothingχιτῶναG5509Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularstainedἐσπιλωμένονG4695Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine SingularbyἀπὸG575PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfleshσαρκὸςG4561Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

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