Jude 1:1 Jude, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, and brother of Jacob [James, the half-brother of Jesus], to those [believers] who were loved in the past [eternity past] with results that continue to this day [predestined in love] by God the Father and who were guarded in the past and are continuing to be watched over to this day [eternal security] by Jesus Christ due to the divine calling [election in time]:

Jude 1:2 Mercy to you and peace and virtue love be multiplied [due to the doctrine in your soul].

Jude 1:3 Beloved [members of the royal family], while I was proceeding with all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, I came under pressure [by the Holy Spirit] to write [about a different topic], exhorting you to keep on fighting [contending for the faith] and more than once [during the process of exhorting them to contend for the faith] to transmit doctrine to the saints.

Jude 1:4 For certain men [itinerant preachers] have infiltrated with stealth and secrecy, who were previously written about long ago [in ancient times] with reference to their condemnation, impious ones [reversionists] who perverted the grace of our God into immoral degeneracy [orgies & human sacrifice] and disregarded [by their behavior] the only absolute Master, even our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:5 Now I have determined to remind you, although you once knew these things [perhaps they never became epignosis doctrine in the soul], that the Lord, having delivered the people out of the land of Egypt, then destroyed [dying discipline in the wilderness followed years of intensive discipline in Egypt] those [Jews] who did not have confidence [in God].

Jude 1:6 And the [fallen] angels [sons of God in Genesis 6] who did not keep their original state [segregated from mankind], but deserted their own dwelling place [relationship with angels only], He [God the Father] placed under guard and they remain under guard to this day [totally immobilized] in everlasting bondage [imprisonment] under the authority of darkness with reference to [waiting for] the great day [Great White Throne judgment],

Jude 1:7 Just as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities about them [the pentapolis in the circular plain of Jordan], in a similar manner [as the fallen angels], indulged in gross immorality outside of their created design [homosexuality], even pursuing with complete abandon strange flesh outside of their species [bestiality], were exposed historically as an illustration [example], suffering the justice of everlasting [without end] fire.

Jude 1:8 Likewise, in a similar manner, these dreamers [deluded, reversionistic teachers], on the one hand, actually defile [like excrement from a chamber pot] their flesh [starting with the body and spreading to the soul], and on the other hand, they reject the authority of and malign the Majesties [illustrious Persons of the Trinity].

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when disputing with the evil one [Satan], disagreed vehemently concerning the body of Moses [over who gets it]. He did not dare to bring judgment by maligning, but [leaving judgment in God’s hands] said: May the Lord rebuke and punish you [based on His omnipotence and divine standards].

Jude 1:10 But, on the one hand, these [reversionstic teachers] continually malign things they do not understand [like Bible doctrine and fellowship with God], but on the other hand, things that they understand by instinct as illogical creatures [degeneracy], by means of these things [functioning inside the cosmic system], they receive corruption and depravity.

Jude 1:11 Woe to them [the apostates], because they have gone after the way of life of Cain [jealousy and approbation lust] and have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for money [materialism lust] and perished during the rebellion [rejection of authority] of Korah.

Jude 1:12 These same individuals [reversionistic teachers] are hidden rocks under the ocean [hypocrites] in the sphere of your spiritual affections [those dear to you that you thought were making spiritual progress but who are really tring to shipwreck you], feasting with you [social life] impudently [disguising their true feelings about you], shepherding themselves [not under the authority of a trained pastor-teacher but following the “plurality of elders” heresy], waterless clouds [a thin veneer of doctrine but nothing of real substance] carried away by winds [false doctrine], autumn trees [connected to Christ the Root] without fruit [no spiritual production], having died twice [1st death: no divine good; 2nd death: sin unto death] after being uprooted [maximum divine discipline],

Jude 1:13 Savage waves [fragmented and violently opposed to authority] of the sea [emotional instability], splashing up like foam their own shames [from mental attitude sins to all sorts of degenerate behavior], wandering comets [their purpose in life destroyed], for which the blackness [blackout of the soul] of the darkness [self-induced misery and severe divine discipline] has been reserved for a very long time [for the remainder of their existence until they burn-out].

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh [generation] from Adam, prophesied abojut these [apostates during the Tribulation], saying: Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His saints,

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment [baptism of fire] against all [Tribulation unbelievers] and expose all souls [Tribulation believers] concerning all their impious production [human good] which they have impiously committed and concerning all the harsh things which these impious sinners have spoken against Him [verbal sins].

Jude 1:16 These [reverionistic teachers] are grumblers [malecontents], faultfinders [highly critical, dissatisfied], conducting themselves according to the standards of their own lusts [patterns of sin], and their speech communicates an arrogance which flatters [appeals to the pride] others face-to-face for the sake of gain [money, power].

Jude 1:17 Now you, beloved [members of the royal family], remember the doctrines which were previously taught by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Jude 1:18 How they told you that during the end time [prior to the rapture] there will be mockers [unbelievers rejecting authority] who will conduct themselves according to the standards of their own impious lusts [area of weakness in their old sin nature].

Jude 1:19 These [apostates] are those who cause divisions [trouble-makers], soulish [dichotomous, not tricotomous], not having a human spirit [body and soul only].

Jude 1:20 But you, beloved [members of the royal family], keep building upon yourselves [daily function of the grace apparatus for perception which builds an edification complex of the soul] by means of your divine body of doctrine, praying regularly by means of the Holy Spirit.

Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love complex of God, waiting with anticipation for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ resulting in eternal life.

Jude 1:22 Moreover, on the one hand, with reference to some [negative reversionistic believers], keep on reproving when they take issue with [dispute against] you;

Jude 1:23 On the other hand, with reference to others [positive reversionistic believers], deliver them by snatching them out of the fire [giving them accurate Bible doctrine]; on the other hand, with reference to others [negative reversionistic believers], keep on showing mercy with fear [occupation with Christ], even hating his under-garments [function in the cosmic system] which are defiled with human excrement [contaminated by sin] through the source of the flesh.

Jude 1:24 Now, to the One Who has the ultimate power to prevent you from stumbling [eternal security] and to establish you unblemished in the presence of His glory in the sphere of great happiness [supergrace status],

Jude 1:25 To the only God [the Father] our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord: glory, majesty, ruling power, and absolute authority from all the ages [past dispensations], including now [the Church Age dispensation], and for all ages [future dispensations]. Acknowledge it.