Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ:

But these persons abuse everything they do not understand, and they are going to be destroyed by the very things they know by instinct, like the irrational animals.

They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame; wandering stars that are forever doomed to utter darkness.

These persons are grumblers, ever complaining about their lot. They live to satisfy their evil passions, their lips boast arrogant things, and they flatter others for personal gain.

These are men who cause divisions; mere animals, destitute of any spiritual nature,

and save, snatching them out of the fire; and others you must pity with dread, loathing even the clothes that are soiled by their lower nature.