Jude 1:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJude 1:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Ἀγαπητοί
agapētós
G27
beloved
πᾶσαν
pâs
G3956
all
σπουδὴν
spoudḗ
G4710
haste
ποιούμενος
poiéō
G4160
to make
γράφειν
gráphō
G1125
to write
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
περὶ
perí
G4012
about
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
κοινῆς
koinós
G2839
common
ἡμῶν
hēmeîs
G2249
we
σωτηρίας
sōtēría
G4991
salvation
ἀνάγκην
anánkē
G318
necessity
ἔσχον
échō
G2192
to have
γράψαι
gráphō
G1125
to write
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
παρακαλῶν
parakaléō
G3870
to call beside
ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι
epagōnízomai
G1864
to contend
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ἅπαξ
hápax
G530
once
παραδοθείσῃ
paradídōmi
G3860
to deliver
τοῖς
ho
G3588
the
ἁγίοις
hágios
G40
saint
πίστει
pístis
G4102
faith
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Beloved ones, making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I have a necessity to write to you, exhorting to contend for the faith delivered once for all to the saints.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).