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15 to judge wicked men and convict the impious and ungodly for all they have said and all the hard things they have done against the Holy One.” 16 These men are complainers who look long and hard to find the faults of other men. They are led by their own lustful desires like fools down the path of destruction. They are arrogant liars who want only to get ahead of others.

17 But you, friends, remember the words of the emissaries[a] of our Lord Jesus the Anointed, the Liberating King:

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  1. Verse 17 Literally, apostles

15 to judge(A) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](B) 16 These people are grumblers(C) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(D) they boast(E) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(F) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(G)

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  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)