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The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.<section end="1:8"/>

<section begin="1:9"/>I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.<section end="1:9"/>

<section begin="1:10"/>Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.<section end="1:10"/>

<section begin="1:11"/>Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.<section end="1:11"/>

<section begin="1:12"/>Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.<section end="1:12"/>

<section begin="1:13"/>I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:<section end="1:13"/>

<section begin="1:14"/>But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.<section end="1:14"/>

<section begin="1:1"/>Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:<section end="1:1"/>

<section begin="1:2"/>Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.<section end="1:2"/>

<section begin="1:3"/>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.<section end="1:3"/>

<section begin="1:4"/>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.<section end="1:4"/>

<section begin="1:5"/>I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.<section end="1:5"/>

<section begin="1:6"/>And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.<section end="1:6"/>

<section begin="1:7"/>Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.<section end="1:7"/>

<section begin="1:8"/>Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.<section end="1:8"/>

<section begin="1:9"/>Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.<section end="1:9"/>

<section begin="1:10"/>But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they<section end="1:10"/>