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Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

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ASV

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

KJV

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
Ἀγαπητοί,AgapētoiBeloved,G27 →
πᾶσανpasanallG3956 →
σπουδὴνspoudēndiligenceG4710 →
ποιούμενοςpoioumenosusingG4160 →
γράφεινgrapheinto writeG1125 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
περὶpericoncerningG4012 →
τῆςtēs<the>G3588 →
κοινῆςkoinēssharedG2839 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
σωτηρίας,sōtēriassalvation,G4991 →
ἀνάγκηνanagkēnnecessityG318 →
ἔσχονeschonI hadG2192 →
γράψαιgrapsaito writeG1125 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
παρακαλῶνparakalōnexhorting [you]G3870 →
ἐπαγωνίζεσθαιepagōnizesthaito contend earnestlyG1864 →
τῇtēafor theG3588 →
ἅπαξhapaxonce for allG530 →
παραδοθείσῃparadotheisēhaving been deliveredG3860 →
τοῖςtoisto theG3588 →
ἁγίοιςhagioissaintsG40 →
πίστει.pisteifaith.G4102 →

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1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.Philippians 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,Jude 1:20But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,2 Timothy 1:13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,2 Timothy 4:7–8I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,Galatians 2:5We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.Deuteronomy 9:10Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.Hebrews 13:22I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.1 Corinthians 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,Acts 18:28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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