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Jude 1:4

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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ASV

For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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.

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παρεισέδυσανpareisedusanCame in stealthilyG3921 →
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πάλαιpalailong agoG3819 →
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κρίμα,krimacondemnation,G2917 →
ἀσεβεῖς,asebeisungodly [ones],G765 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
θεοῦtheouGodG2316 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
χάριταcharitagraceG5485 →
μετατιθέντεςmetatithenteschangingG3346 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
ἀσέλγειανaselgeiansensualityG766 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
μόνονmonononlyG3441 →
δεσπότηνdespotēnmasterG1203 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
κύριονkurionLordG2962 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424 →
ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547 →
ἀρνούμενοι.¶arnoumenoidenying.G720 →

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2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.2 Peter 2:10Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.Titus 1:15–16To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.1 Peter 2:16Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.1 John 2:22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.2 Peter 2:18–22With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.Romans 9:22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.2 Peter 2:5–6if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;Romans 6:1What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,Romans 6:1–2What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

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