CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH AGAINST

FALSE TEACHERSFrom New Life

For I am jealous over

you with godly jealousy:

for I have espoused you

to one husband, that I

may present you as a

chaste virgin to Christ.

But I fear, lest by any

means, as the serpent

beguiled Eve through

his subtlety, so your

minds should be

corrupted from the

simplicity that is in

Christ.- 2 Corinthians

11:2-3

JUDE 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, andcalled:

Matthew 13:55 Is not this the

carpenter's son? is not his

mother called Mary? and his

brethren, James, and

Joseph, and Simon, and

Judas

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I

formed thee in the belly I

knew thee; and before thou

came forth out of the womb I

sanctified thee, and I

ordained thee a prophet unto

the nations.

Jude 1:2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

To God’s elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through

sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of

Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

- 1 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied unto youthrough the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord

- 2 Peter 1:2

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.- Jude 1:3

Nehemiah 4:17 They which builded on the wall,and they that bare burdens, with those that laded,every one with one of his hands wrought in the work,

and with the other hand held a weapon.

Luke 13:23-24 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

1 Thessalonians 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you thegospel of God with much contention.

For there are certain mencrept in unawares, who werebefore of old ordained to thiscondemnation, ungodly men,

turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.- Jude 1:4

Hath not the potter power over

the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel

unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to

make his power known, endured with much

longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to

destruction: And that he might make known

the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,

which he had afore prepared unto glory,

- Romans 9:21-23

Now these things were

our examples, to the intent we should not lust

after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be

ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is

written, The people sat down to eat and drink,

and rose up to play. Neither let us commit

fornication, as some of them committed, and

fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them

also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

- 1 Corinthians 10:6-9

But we are bound to give thanks

always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,

because God hath from the beginning chosen you

to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit

and belief of the truth.- 2 Thessalonians 2:13

But there were false prophets also

among the people, even as there shall be false

teachers among you, who shall bring in

damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that

bought them, and bring upon themselves swift

destruction.- 2 Peter 2:1

Jude 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.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not

forget thy word.- Psalms 119:16

Numbers 14:12 I will

smite them with the

pestilence, and

disinherit them, and will

make of thee a greater

nation and mightier than

they.

Numbers 14:28-30 Say unto

them, As truly as I live, smith

the LORD, as ye have

spoken in mine ears, so will I

do to you: Your carcasses

shall fall in this wilderness;

and all that were numbered

of you, according to your

whole number, from twenty

years old and upward, which

have murmured against me,

Doubtless ye shall not come

into the land, concerning

which I swore to make you

dwell therein, save Caleb the

son of Jephunneh, and

Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 14:33 And

your children shall

wander in the

wilderness forty years,

and bear your

whoredoms, until your

carcasses be wasted in

the wilderness.

Jude 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.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to

hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,

ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, 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.

Genesis 19:24-25 Then the

LORD rained upon Sodom and

upon Gomorrah brimstone and

fire from the LORD out of

heaven; And he overthrew those

cities, and all the plain, and all

the inhabitants of the cities, and

that which grew upon the

ground.

2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the

old world, but saved Noah the

eighth person, a preacher of

righteousness, bringing in the

flood upon the world of the

ungodly;

Gill Commentary: “and going

after strange flesh; or "other

flesh"; meaning not other

women besides their own wives,

but men; and designs that

detestable and unnatural sin,

which, from these people, is

called sodomy to this day; and

which is an exceeding great sin,

contrary to the light of nature

and law of God, dishonorable to

human nature, and scandalous

to a nation and people, and

commonly prevails where

idolatry and infidelity do, and

arose from idleness and fullness

of bread in Sodom, and was

committed in the sight of God,

with great impudence: their

punishment follows, “

1 Thessalonians

4:3 For this is the

will of God, even

your sanctification,

that ye should

abstain from

fornication:

Hebrews 12:4

In your struggle

against sin, you

have not yet resisted

to the point of

shedding your blood.

Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the

flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but

the end thereof are the ways of deathProverbs 16:25

Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood

and prayed thus with himself,

God, I thank thee, that I am not

as other men are, extortioners,

unjust, adulterers, or even as

this publican.

2 Peter 2:10 But chiefly them

that walk after the flesh in the

lust of uncleanness, and despise

government. Presumptuous are

they, self-willed, they are not

afraid to speak evil of dignities.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 He

therefore that despiseth, not

man, but God, who hath also

given unto us his holy Spirit.

Jude 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.

Deuteronomy 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto this day.

2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not:

but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt

themselves.

2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain,

and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the

gainsaying of Core.

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• Numbers 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

• Isaiah 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,

feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees

whose fruit withered, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots

2 Peter 2:13-14 And shall

receive the reward of

unrighteousness, as they that

count it pleasure to riot in the

day time. Spots they are and

blemishes, sporting themselves

with their own deceiving while

they feast with you; Having eyes

full of adultery, and that cannot

cease from sin; beguiling

unstable souls: an heart they

have exercised with covetous

practices; cursed children:

Proverbs 25:14 Whoso

boasteth himself of a false gift is

like clouds and wind without

rain.

Matthew 15:13 But he

answered and said, Every plant,

which my heavenly Father hath

not planted, shall be rooted up.

Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own

shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of

darkness for ever.

Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are

like the troubled sea, when it

cannot rest, whose waters cast

up mire and dirt.

2 Peter 2:18-19 For when they

speak great swelling words of

vanity, they allure through the

lusts of the flesh, through much

wantonness, those that were

clean escaped from them who

live in error. While they promise

them liberty, they themselves

are the servants of corruption:

for of whom a man is overcome,

of the same is he brought in

bondage.

Ephesians 4:14 That we

henceforth be no more

children, tossed to and fro,

and carried about with every

wind of doctrine, by the

sleight of men, and cunning

craftiness, whereby they lie

in wait to deceive;

Philippians 3:19 Whose end

is destruction, whose God is

their belly, and whose glory

is in their shame, who mind

earthly things.

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,

prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten

thousands of his saints,

Genesis 5:24 And Enoch

walked with God: and he was

not; for God took him.

Deuteronomy 33:2 And he

said, The LORD came from

Sinai, and rose up from Seir

unto them; he shined forth from

mount Paran, and he came with

ten thousands of saints: from his

right hand went a fiery law for

them.

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly

among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their

hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

John 8:9 And they which heard

it, being convicted by their own

conscience, went out one by

one, beginning at the eldest,

even unto the last: and Jesus

was left alone, and the woman

standing in the midst.

Romans 16:17 Now I beseech

you, brethren, mark them which

cause divisions and offences

contrary to the doctrine which ye

have learned; and avoid them.

2 Peter 2:3 And through

covetousness shall they with

feigned words make

merchandise of you: whose

judgment now of a long time

lingereth not, and their

damnation slumbereth not.

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their

own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's

persons in admiration because of advantage.

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Numbers 11:1 And when the

people complained, it displeased

the LORD: and the LORD heard

it; and his anger was kindled;

and the fire of the LORD burnt

among them, and consumed

them that were in the uttermost

parts of the camp.

2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first,

that there shall come in the last

days scoffers, walking after their

own lusts,

Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to

accept the person of the wicked,

to overthrow the righteous in

judgment.

Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were

spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Acts 20:29 For I know

this, that after my

departing shall grievous

wolves enter in among

you, not sparing the

flock.

2 Timothy 3:1 This

know also, that in the

last days perilous times

shall come.

Jude 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the

last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a

mock at sin: but among the

righteous there is favor.

Psalms 14:1-2 To the chief

Musician, A Psalm of David. The

fool hath said in his heart, There

is no God. They are corrupt,

they have done abominable

works, there is none that doeth

good. The LORD looked down

from heaven upon the children

of men, to see if there were any

that did understand, and seek

God.

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit

speaketh expressly, that in the

latter times some shall depart

from the faith, giving heed to

seducing spirits, and doctrines

of devils;

Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,

having not the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the

natural man receiveth not the

things of the Spirit of God: for

they are foolishness unto him:

neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually

discerned.

James 3:15 This wisdom

descendeth not from above, but

is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in

the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so

be that the Spirit of God dwell in

you. Now if any man have not

the Spirit of Christ, he is none of

his.

Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most

holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost

Colossians 2:7 Rooted

and built up in him, and

established in the faith,

as ye have been taught,

abounding therein with

thanksgiving.

Ephesians 4:12 For the

perfecting of the saints,

for the work of the

ministry, for the edifying

of the body of Christ:

Romans 8:26-27 Likewise

the Spirit also helpeth our

infirmities: for we know not

what we should pray for as

we ought: but the Spirit itself

maketh intercession for us

with groanings which cannot

be uttered. And he that

searcheth the hearts

knoweth what is the mind of

the Spirit, because he

maketh intercession for the

saints according to the will of

God.

Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for

the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

John 14:21 He that hath my

commandments, and

keepeth them, he it is that

loveth me: and he that loveth

me shall be loved of my

Father, and I will love him,

and will manifest myself to

him.

1 John 4:16 And we have

known and believed the love

that God hath to us. God is

love; and he that dwelleth in

love dwelleth in God, and

God in him.

us together with Christ, (by

grace ye are saved;)

Lamentations 3:25-26 The

LORD is good unto them that

wait for him, to the soul that

seeketh him. It is good that a

man should both hope and

quietly wait for the salvation of

the LORD.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who

is rich in mercy, for his great

love wherewith he loved us,

Even when we were dead in

sins, hath quickened

Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,

having not the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the

natural man receiveth not the

things of the Spirit of God: for

they are foolishness unto him:

neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually

discerned.

James 3:15 This wisdom

descendeth not from above, but

is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in

the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so

be that the Spirit of God dwell in

you. Now if any man have not

the Spirit of Christ, he is none of

his.

Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a

difference:

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the

natural man receiveth not the

things of the Spirit of God: for

they are foolishness unto him:

neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually

discerned.

James 3:15 This wisdom

descendeth not from above, but

is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in

the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so

be that the Spirit of God dwell in

you. Now if any man have not

the Spirit of Christ, he is none of

his.

Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,

having not the Spirit.

Titus 1:13 This witness is true.

Wherefore rebuke them sharply,

that they may be sound in the

faith;

Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man

be overtaken in a fault, ye which

are spiritual, restore such an

one in the spirit of meekness;

considering thyself, lest thou

also be tempted.

James 5:19-20 Brethren, if any

of you do err from the truth, and

one convert him; Let him know,

that he which converteth the

sinner from the error of his way

shall save a soul from death,

and shall hide a multitude of

sins.

Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,

having not the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the

natural man receiveth not the

things of the Spirit of God: for

they are foolishness unto him:

neither can he know them,

because they are spiritually

discerned.

James 3:15 This wisdom

descendeth not from above, but

is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in

the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so

be that the Spirit of God dwell in

you. Now if any man have not

the Spirit of Christ, he is none of

his.

Jude 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire;

hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Zechariah 3:2 And the

LORD said unto Satan, The

LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;

even the LORD that hath

chosen Jerusalem rebuke

thee: is not this a brand

plucked out of the fire?

1 Corinthians 3:15 If any

man's work shall be burned,

he shall suffer loss: but he

himself shall be saved; yet so

as by fire.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance

of evil.

Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to

present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Romans 16:25-26 Now to

him that is of power to

establish you according to

my gospel, and the

preaching of Jesus Christ,

according to the revelation of

the mystery, which was kept

secret since the world began,

But now is made manifest,

and by the scriptures of the

prophets, according to the

commandment of the

everlasting God, made

known to all nations for the

obedience of faith:

2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord

shall deliver me from every

evil work, and will preserve

me unto his heavenly

kingdom: to whom be glory

for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:27 That he

might present it to himself a

glorious church, not having

spot, or wrinkle, or any such

thing; but that it should be

holy and without blemish.

Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty,

dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not

into temptation, but deliver us

from evil: For thine is the

kingdom, and the power, and

the glory, for ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the

King eternal, immortal, invisible,

the only wise God, be honor and

glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Romans 16:27 To God only

wise, be glory through Jesus

Christ for ever. Amen. Written to

the Romans from Corinthus, and

sent by Phoebe servant of the

church at Cenchrea.