Tree of Life Version
Jude 1:4
4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
Jude 1:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Context of Jude 1:4
2May mercy and shalom and love be multiplied to you! 3Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim. For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah. 5Now I wish to remind you—though you have come to know all things —that the Lord, once having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6And the angels—who did not keep their own position of authority but deserted their proper place—He has kept in everlasting shackles under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great Day.
Read all of Jude 1Jude 1:4 word by word
παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι, οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα, ἀσεβεῖς, τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριτα μετατιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπότην καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- there areπαρεισδύνωpareisdunō · to infiltrateG3921
- certainτιςtis · oneG5100
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- who wereπρογράφωprographō · to write/designateG4270
- before of oldπάλαιpalai · of oldG3819
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- condemnationὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- condemnationκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
- ungodly menἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765
- turningμετατίθημιmetatithēmi · to transportG3346
- the graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- ofθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- lasciviousnessἀσέλγειαaselgeia · debaucheryG766
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- denyingἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
- onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
- Lordδεσπότηςdespotēs · masterG1203
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for Jude 1:4
- Matthew 13:25But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
- Acts 15:24Since we have heard that some from among us have troubled you with words disturbing to your souls, although we gave them no such authorization,
- Galatians 2:4Now this issue came up because of false brothers secretly brought in (who slipped in to spy out our freedom in Messiah, in order to bring us into bondage).
- Ephesians 4:14As a result, we are no longer to be like children, tossed around by the waves and blown all over by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men with cunning in deceitful scheming.
- 2 Timothy 3:6For among these are those who slip into households and deceive weak women weighed down with sins, led away by various desires,
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
- Romans 9:21Does the potter have no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for common use?
- 1 Peter 2:8and “a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they are disobeying the word—to this they were also appointed.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment against all. He will convict all the ungodly for all their ungodly deeds that they have done in an ungodly way, and for all of the harsh things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
- 2 Samuel 22:5For waves of death encompassed me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 1:1Happy is the one who has not walked in the advice of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of scoffers.
- 1 Peter 4:18Now, “if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what shall become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
- 2 Peter 2:5He did not spare the ancient world. He preserved only Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, along with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
- 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
- Romans 6:1What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound?
Commentaries on Jude 1:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares - · They had got into the Church under specious pretences; and, when in, began to sow their bad seed. Before of old ordained - ̔ Such as were long ago proscribed, and condemned in the most public manner; this is the import of the word in this place, and there are many examples of this use of it in the Greek writers. See Kypke. To this condemnation - To a similar punishment to that immediately about to be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares - The apostle now gives “reason” for thus defending the truth, to wit, that there were artful and wicked men who had crept into the church, pretending to be religious teachers, but whose doctrines tended to sap the very foundations of truth. The apostle Peter, describing these same persons, says, “who privily shall bring in damnable heresies.” See the notes, 2 Peter 2:1. Substantially the same idea is expressed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4It is tempting to misuse God's wonderful grace by saying it lets us do wrong things (see Romans 6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. certain men--implying disparagement. crept in unawares--stealthily and unlawfully. See on 2Pe 2:1, "privily shall bring in damnable heresies." before ... ordained--Greek, "forewritten," namely, in Peter's prophecy Jude 17, 18; and in Paul's before that, 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:1; and by implication in the judgments which overtook the apostate angels. The disobedient Israelites, Sodom and Gomorrah, Balaam and Core, and which are written "for an example" (Jude 7…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jude 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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