Jude 1:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

Common English Bible

³ Dear friends, I wanted very much to write to you concerning the salvation we share. Instead, I must write to urge you to fight for the faith delivered once and for all to God’s holy people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Most beloved, taking all care to write to you about your common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you in order to beg you to contend earnestly for the faith that was handed down once to the saints.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

Jude 1:3 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Isaiah 45:17

But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded ever again.

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongues like bows; they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.

Acts 17:3

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead and saying, “This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.”

Acts 18:28

for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus.

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

Acts 28:28

“Let it be known to you, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles; they will listen.”

Acts 4:12

“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”

Acts 6:7

The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

Acts 9:22

Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures

Galatians 2:5

we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

Galatians 3:28

There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 6:11

See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand!

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Deuteronomy 21:9

So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, because you must do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 9:10

And the Lord gave me the two stone tablets written with the finger of God; on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken to you at the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Philippians 1:27

Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel

Colossians 1:2

To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.

1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Titus 1:4

To Titus, my true child in the faith we share: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Hebrews 13:22

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

Hebrews 6:9

Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that belong to salvation.

1 Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, whom I consider a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 2:21

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was handed on to them.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:17

But you, beloved, must remember the words previously spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Jude 1:20

But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.