Jude 1:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)20 But, you dearly loved ones, build yourselves up [spiritually] on [the foundation of] your most sacred faith; pray in [the power of] the Holy Spirit. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176920 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit; Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible20 But you, dear friends: build each other up on the foundation of your most holy faith, pray in the Holy Spirit, Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version20 But you, most beloved, are building yourselves up by your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, Ver Capítulo |
So, what is the conclusion, brothers? When you people assemble together, each one of you has a psalm [to sing], or a lesson [to teach], or a [supernatural] revelation [to give], or a language [to speak supernaturally], or an interpretation [of that language]. Everything that is done should be for the building up [of the church].
For you did not receive the Holy Spirit, to enslave you again to fear, [Note: Some translators take “Holy Spirit” here to be “spirit,” making the verse say “you did not receive the spirit of slavery”], but you received the Holy Spirit [or, a spirit] by adoption [who produces] sonship, so we can call out, “Abba” [which means] “Father.”
Dearly loved ones, as I was very eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we share in common, I felt it necessary [instead] to write urging you to contend earnestly for the faith [i.e., the teaching of Christ] which was once and for all delivered [by the apostles, See verse 17] to the saints [i.e., God’s holy people].