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         <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.48.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.48.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manasseh from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.48.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.48.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:8 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 miles or about 13 kilometers; also in verses 9, 10, 13, 15, 20 and 21</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The special portion you are to offer to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 1/3 miles or about 5.3 kilometers; also in verses 10, 13 and 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The remaining area, 5,000 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 2/3 miles or about 2.7 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1 1/2 miles or about 2.4 kilometers; also in verses 30, 32, 33 and 34</span></span></span><span class="content"> the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 440 feet or about 135 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.48.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion; it will extend from the east side to the west side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.48.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon will have one portion; it will border the territory of Benjamin from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.48.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Issachar will have one portion; it will border the territory of Simeon from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.48.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Zebulun will have one portion; it will border the territory of Issachar from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.48.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;Gad will have one portion; it will border the territory of Zebulun from east to west.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.48.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;The southern boundary of Gad will run south from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, then along the Wadi of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.48.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,&#8221; declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gates of the New City</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EZK.48.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EZK.48.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EZK.48.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EZK.48.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EZK.48.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EZK.48.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:35 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">&#8220;And the name of the city from that time on will be:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EZK.48.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is there.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">I saw the tears of the oppressed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">and they have no comforter;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">power was on the side of their oppressors&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">and they have no comforter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I declared that the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">who had already died,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">are happier than the living,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">who are still alive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But better than both</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">is the one who has never been born,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">who has not seen the evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">that is done under the sun.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person&#8217;s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fools fold their hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="content">and ruin themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Better one handful with tranquillity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">than two handfuls with toil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">and chasing after the wind.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">There was a man all alone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">he had neither son nor brother.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">There was no end to his toil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;For whom am I toiling,&#8221; he asked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">&#8220;and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">This too is meaningless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">a miserable business!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Two are better than one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">because they have a good return for their labor:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If either of them falls down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">one can help the other up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">But pity anyone who falls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">and has no one to help them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">But how can one keep warm alone?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Though one may be overpowered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">two can defend themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Advancement Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king&#8217;s successor. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JUD.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JUD.1.1"><span class="content">To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">by</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JUD.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JUD.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JUD.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JUD.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God&#8217;s holy people. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JUD.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">individuals who were marked out for condemnation</span></span></span><span class="content"> 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.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JUD.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JUD.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Jesus</span></span></span><span class="content"> at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JUD.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling&#8212;these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JUD.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JUD.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JUD.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JUD.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, &#8220;The Lord rebuke you!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century <span class="sc">a.d.</span>).</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JUD.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct&#8212;as irrational animals do&#8212;will destroy them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JUD.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JUD.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam&#8217;s error; they have been destroyed in Korah&#8217;s rebellion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JUD.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JUD.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm&#8212;shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted&#8212;twice dead. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JUD.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JUD.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JUD.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: &#8220;See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JUD.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">to judge 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.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century <span class="sc">b.c.</span>)</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JUD.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Persevere</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JUD.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JUD.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JUD.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They said to you, &#8220;In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JUD.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JUD.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JUD.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JUD.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">keep yourselves in God&#8217;s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JUD.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JUD.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Be merciful to those who doubt; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JUD.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear&#8212;hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JUD.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JUD.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JUD.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.</span></span></div>
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