Corrupt men have gone out from among you and impelled the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;

Even the man of peace in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

That which was sown on stony places, this is he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy;

yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when affliction or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately he stumbles.

Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.

These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the Word, immediately receive it with joy;

and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises on account of the Word, immediately they stumble.

And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the Word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of trial draw back away.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the Law; to whom we gave no such commandment;

Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the full true knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the end is worse for them than the beginning.

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

These are they who set themselves apart, sensual persons, not having the Spirit.

Yet the righteous will take hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall increase strength.

For Jehovah loves justice and does not forsake His Godly ones; they are preserved forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, which is not shaken, but remains forever.

As the mountains are around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is around His people from this time forth and forever.

And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good. But I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders to cause, if possible, even the elect to go astray.

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will not ever thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should not lose any of it, but should raise it up at the last day.

And I give them eternal life, and they shall never ever perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

I and the Father are One.

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

1 Epistle of JUDAS 0 -the VW-edition name as properly derived from the Greek (Ioudass) Judas, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of Jacob, to those who are called, set apart by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Moreover, it is not as though the Word of God has fallen away. For not all those of Israel are Israel,

Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace no longer becomes grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

For there need to also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.