Verse 1
Verse 3
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Salvation
- contend earnestly for
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Faithto-All-Saints
- entrusted … to all the saints
Verse 4
- Certain menCertain-Men
- have crept in unnoticed (infiltrated with they intent to deceive or cause harm)Unnoticed
- ungodly onesUngodly-Ones
- designated long ago for condemnationCondemnation
- turn the grace of God into a license for immoralityImmorality
- deny the Lord Jesus ChristJesus-Christ
Verse 8
Continuing from Verse 4 …
- DreamersDreamers
- defile their bodiesTheir-Own-Bodies
- reject authorityAuthority
- slander glorious beingsGlorious-Beings
Verses 10 - 13, 16
Continuing from 4 and 8
- These men
- slander what they do not understandThey-Do-Not-Understand
- will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively (the flesh / carnal nature???)Their-Instinctive-Actions
- WOE TO THEMCertain-Men
- have traveled the path of CainPath-of-Cain
- rushed headlong into Balaam’s errorBalaams-ErrorError
- perished in Korah’s rebellionKorahs-Rebellion
- are hidden reefs in the Church’s love feastsLove-Feasts
- shamelessly feasting with the ChurchChurch
- shepherding only themselvesOnly-Themselves
- are clouds without waterWithout-Water
- carried along by the windThe-Wind (Compare to “every wind of doctrine??”)
- fruitless trees in autumnin-Autumn
- twice dead after being uprootedTwice-DeadBeing-Uprooted
- wild waves of the seaof-the-Sea
- foaming up their own shameTheir-Own-Shame
- wandering starsStars
- for whom blackest darkness has been reserved foreverBlackest-Darkness
- are discontented grumblersGrumblers
- following after their own lustsTheir-Own-Lusts
- their mouths spew arroganceArrogance
- they flatter others for their own advantageAdvantage
Verses 17-19
- Remember what was foretold … “in the last times there will be … “End-Times
- scoffersScoffersScoffers
- who will follow after their own ungodly desiresTheir-Ungodly-Desires
- these are the ones who cause divisionsDivisionsDivisions
- who are worldly and devoid of the SpiritWordlythe-SpiritWorldlythe-Spirit
- scoffersScoffersScoffers
Verses 20-22
CommandsCommands
- build yourselves up in your most holy faith
- praying in the Holy SpiritCommands/Most-Holy-Spirit
- keep yourselves in the love of Godof-God
- await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ
- to bring you eternal lifeEternal-Life
- have mercy on those who doubt
- saveDoubters
Verses 24-25
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To Him who is able …Able
- to keep you from stumblingStumbling
- to present you unblemishedUnblemished
- in His glorious presenceGlorious-Presence
- with great joyGreat-Joy
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To the only GodDoxology
- our SaviorOur-Savior
- be glory
- majesty
- dominion
- and authority
- through Jesus Christ our Lord
- before all time
- and now
- and for all eternity
- our SaviorOur-Savior