• Jude 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 3 Beloved ones, although I was making every effort to write you about the salvation we hold in common,+ I found it necessary to write you to urge you to put up a hard fight for the faith+ that was once for all time delivered to the holy ones.

  • Jude 3
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 3 ᾿Αγαπητοί, Loved (ones), πᾶσαν every σπουδὴν speedup ποιούμενος making γράφειν to be writing ὑμῖν to YOU περὶ about τῆς the κοινῆς common ἡμῶν of us σωτηρίας salvation ἀνάγκην necessity ἔσχον I had γράψαι to write ὑμῖν to YOU παρακαλῶν encouraging ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι to be struggling upon τῇ to the ἅπαξ once for all παραδοθείσῃ having been given beside τοῖς to the ἁγίοις holy (ones) πίστει. to faith.

  • Jude 3
    The Bible in Living English

    • 3 Dear friends, while I was doing my utmost to write to you about our common salvation, I have found it necessary to write you an exhortation to do battle for the faith once delivered to God’s people.

  • Jude 3
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • Jude 3
    King James Version

    • 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.