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Jude 1:3

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of us” (ἡμῶν) before salvation here.

ἈγαπητοίagapētoiBelovedἀγαπητός (agapētos)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “Beloved”, the calling formG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.Belovedπᾶσανpasanallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allσπουδὴνspoudēndiligenceσπουδή (spoudē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “diligence”, the object formG4710(a) speed, haste, (b) diligence, earnestness, enthusiasm.This verse uses “diligence”.diligenceποιούμενοςpoioumenosto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.γράφεινgrapheinto writeγράφω (graphō)verb, present active infinitive — “to write”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).to writeὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κοινῆςkoinēscommonκοινός (koinos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “common”, the of-formG2839(a) common, shared, (b) Hebraistic use: profane; dirty, unclean, unwashed.This verse uses “common”.the commonἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).σωτηρίαςsōtēriassalvationσωτηρία (sōtēria)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “salvation”, the of-formG4991welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety.This verse uses “salvation”.salvationἀνάγκηνanankēnneedfulἀνάγκη (anankē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “needful”, the object formG318necessity, constraint, compulsion; there is need to; force, violence.needfulἔσχονeschonfor meἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “for me”, a single actionG2192I have, hold, possess.for meγράψαιgrapsaito writeγράφω (graphō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to write”, a single actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).to writeὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youπαρακαλῶνparakalōnand exhortπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and exhort”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.and exhortἐπαγωνίζεσθαιepagōnizesthaito you that ye should earnestly contendἐπαγωνίζομαι (epagōnizomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to you that ye should earnestly contend”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1864I contend earnestly for.you that ye should earnestly contendτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἅπαξhapaxwhich was onceἅπαξadverb — “which was once”G530once, once for all.This verse uses “once”.which was onceπαραδοθείσῃparadotheisēdeliveredπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, aorist passive participle, dative, singular, feminine — “delivered”, a single actionG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.deliveredτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίοιςhagioisunto the saintsἅγιος (hagios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto the saints”, the to- or for-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.unto the saintsπίστειpisteifaithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

Douay-Rheims

Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

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