25 December - Jude 1 And 2 Peter 1-3

Jude Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:38 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

JUDE 1

1Yehuḏah, a servant of יהושע Messiah, and brother of Ya‛aqoḇ, to those who are called, set-apart by Elohim the Father, and preserved in יהושע Messiah:

2Compassion, and peace, and love be increased to you.

3Beloved ones, making all haste to write to you concerning our common deliverance, I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the belief which was once for all delivered to the set-apart ones.

4For certain men have slipped in, whose judgment was written about long ago, wicked onesa perverting the favour of our Elohim for indecency, and denying the only Master יהוה and our Master יהושע Messiah.

5But I intend to remind you, though you once knew this, that יהוה, having saved a people out of the land of Mitsrayim, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

6And the messengers who did not keep their own principality, but left their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting shackles under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

7Even as Seḏom and Amorah and the cities around them in a similar way to these, having given themselves over to whoring and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, undergoing judicial punishment of everlasting fire.

8In the same way, indeed, these dreamers defile the flesh, and reject authority, and speak evil of esteemed ones.

9But Miḵa’ĕl the chief messenger, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Mosheh, presumed not to bring against him a blasphemous accusation, but said, “יהוה rebuke you!”

10But these blaspheme that which they do not know. And that which they know naturally, like unreasoning beasts, in these they corrupt themselves.

11Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bil‛am for a reward, and perished in the rebellion of Qoraḥ.

12These are rocky reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds borne about by the winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,

13wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shame, straying stars for whom blackness of darkness is kept forever.

14And Ḥanoḵ, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied of these, saying, “See, יהוה comes with His myriads of set-apart ones,

15to execute judgment on all, to punish all who are wicked among them concerning all their wicked works which they have committed in a wicked way, and concerning all the harsh words which wicked sinners have spoken against Him.”

16These are grumblers, complainers, who walk according to their own lusts, and their mouth speaks proudly, admiring faces of others for the sake of gain.

17But you, beloved ones, remember the words spoken before by the emissaries of our Master יהושע Messiah,

18because they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own wicked lusts.

19These are the ones who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

20But you, beloved ones, building yourselves up on your most set-apart belief, praying in the Set-apart Spirit,

21keep yourselves in the love of Elohim, looking for the compassion of our Master יהושע Messiah unto everlasting life.

22And show compassion toward some who are doubting,

23but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire, hating, even the garment defiled by the flesh.a

24And to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of His esteem with exceeding joy,

25to the only wise Elohim, our Saviour, be esteem and greatness and might and authority, both now and forever. Amĕn.

2 PETER 1

1Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia, and Bithunia,

2chosen according to the foreknowledge of Elohim the Father, set apart by the Spirit unto obediencea and sprinkling of the blood of יהושע Messiah: Favour and peace be increased to you.

3Blessed be the Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who according to His great compassion has caused us to be born again to a living expectation through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah from the dead,

4to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in the heavens for you,

5who are protected by the power of Elohim through belief, for a deliverance ready to be revealed in the last time,

6in which you exult, even though for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by manifold trials,

7in order that the proving of your belief – much more precious than gold that perishes, and proven by fire – might be found to result in praise and respect and esteem at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,

8whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,

9obtaining the goal of your belief: a deliverance of lives.

10Concerning this deliverance the prophets have sought out and searched out, prophesying concerning the favour for you,

11searching to know what, or what sort of time, the Spirit which was in them was pointing out concerning Messiah, when it was bearing witness beforehand the sufferings of Messiah, and the esteems that would follow,

12to whom it was revealed that they were serving, not themselves, but you, in these matters which now have been announced to you through those who brought the Good News to you by the Set-apart Spirit sent from heaven – into which messengers long to look into.

13Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, set your expectation perfectly upon the favour that is to be brought to you at the revelation of יהושע Messiah,

14as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance,

15instead, as the One who called you is set-apart, so you also should become set-apart in all behaviour,

16because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am set-apart.”

17And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,

18knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold,

19but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless,

20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for your sakes,

21who through Him believe in Elohim who raised Him from the dead and gave Him esteem, so that your belief and expectation are in Elohim.

22Now that you have cleansed your lives in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another fervently with a clean heart,

23having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,

24because “All flesh is as grass, and all the esteem of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

25but the Word of Elohim remains forever.”a And this is the Word, announced as Good News to you.

2 PETER 2

1Having put aside, then, all evil, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil words,

2as newborn babes, desire the unadulterated milk of the Word, in order that you grow by it,

3if indeed you have tasted that the Master is good.

4Drawing near to Him, a living Stone – rejected indeed by men, but chosen by Elohim and precious –

5you also, as living stones, are being built up, a spiritual house, a set-apart priesthood, to offer up spiritual slaughter offerings acceptable to Elohim through יהושע Messiah.

6Because it is contained in the Scripture, “See, I lay in Tsiyon a chief corner-stone, chosen, precious, and he who believes on Him shall by no means be put to shame.”a

7This preciousness, then, is for you who believe; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone,”a

8and “A stone of stumbling and a rock that makes for falling,”a who stumble because they are disobedientb to the Word, to which they also were appointed.

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,

10who once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.

11Beloved ones, I appeal to you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts which battle against the life,

12having your behaviour among the gentiles good so that when they speak against you as evil-doers, let them, by observing your good works,a esteem Elohim in a day of visitation.

13Be subject to every institution of man because of the Master, whether to the sovereign as supreme,

14or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of doers of evil, and a praise for those who do good.

15Because such is the desire of Elohim, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men,

16as free, yet not using your freedom as a cloak for evil, but as servants of Elohim.

17Respect all, love the brotherhood, fear Elohim, respect the sovereign.

18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the crooked ones.

19For this is favour, if because of conscience toward Elohim anyone bears up under grief, suffering unrighteously.

20For what credit is there in enduring a beating when you sin? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure, this finds favour with Elohim.

21For to this you were called, because Messiah also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps,a

22“who committed no sin,a nor was deceit found in His mouth,”b

23who, being reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

24who Himself bore our sins in His body on the timber, so that we, having died to sins, might live unto righteousnessa – by whose stripes you were healed.

25For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your lives.

2 PETER 3

1In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any are disobedient to the Word, they, without a word, might be won by the behaviour of their wives,

2having seen your blameless behaviour in fear.

3Your adornment should not be outward – arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses –

4but the hidden Man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit, which is of great value before Elohim.

5For in this way, in former times, the set-apart women who trusted in Elohim also adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

6as Sarah obeyed Aḇraham, calling him master, of whom you became children, doing good, and not frightened by any fear.

7In the same way, husbands, live understandingly together, giving respect to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the favour of life, so that your prayers are not hindered.

8To sum up, let all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble-minded,

9not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, in order to inherit a blessing.

10For “He who wishes to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit,

11let him turn away from evil and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it.

12“Because the eyes of יהוה are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers, but the face of יהוה is against those who do evil.”a

13And who is the one doing evil to you, if you become imitators of the good?

14But even if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.a “And do not fear their threats, neither be troubled.”

15But set apart יהוה Elohim in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer to everyone asking you a reason concerning the expectation that is in you, with meekness and fear,

16having a good conscience, so that when they speak against you as doers of evil, those who falsely accuse your good behaviour in Messiah, shall be ashamed.

17For it is better, if it is the desire of Elohim, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

18Because even Messiah once suffered for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to Elohim,a having been put to death indeed in flesh but made alive in the Spirit,

19in which also He went and proclaimed unto the spirits in prison,

20who were disobedient at one time when the patience of Elohim waited in the days of Noaḥ, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight beings, were saved through water,

21which figure now also saves us: immersion – not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward Elohim – through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah,

22who, having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of Elohim, messengers and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him.