Jude 1:12

“These are the stains in your love feasts, feasting together without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;”

Jude 1:12 · direct translation from the Greek
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Jude 1:12, word by word

areεἰσινeisin

be

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “eisin” appears
the stainsσπιλάδεςspilades

hidden reef, stain

Hidden reef, a rock hidden under the water; also a spot, stain.

Where else “spilades” appears
your love feastsἀγάπαιςagapais

love

Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.

Where else “agapais” appears
feasting togetherσυνευωχούμενοιsyneuōchoumenoi

feast with

Feast together with others.

Where else “syneuōchoumenoi” appears
without fearἀφόβωςaphobōs

without fear

Without fear, fearlessly.

Where else “aphobōs” appears
shepherdingποιμαίνοντεςpoimainontes

shepherd

To lead and care for people as one tends sheep.

Where else “poimainontes” appears
waterlessἄνυδροιanydroi

waterless

Waterless, dry, arid.

Where else “anydroi” appears
cloudsνεφέλαιnephelai

cloud

Cloud.

Where else “nephelai” appears
carried alongπαραφερόμεναιparapheromenai

be carried away

Be swept off by wind or by others.

Where else “parapheromenai” appears
windsἀνέμωνanemōn

wind

Wind.

Where else “anemōn” appears
autumnφθινοπωρινὰphthinopōrina

of late autumn

Of late autumn, at the end of the harvest season.

Where else “phthinopōrina” appears
treesδένδραdendra

tree

Tree.

Where else “dendra” appears
without fruitἄκαρπαakarpa

unfruitful

Fruitless, barren.

Where else “akarpa” appears
twiceδὶςdis

twice

Twice.

Where else “dis” appears
deadἀποθανόνταapothanonta

die

To stop living: the end of life in the body.

Where else “apothanonta” appears
uprootedἐκριζωθένταekrizōthenta

uproot

Uproot, pull out by the roots.

Where else “ekrizōthenta” appears

Translation note

“Love feasts”: the fellowship meals of the believers. “Stains”: it can also be “hidden reefs.”

The context

11Woe to them, because they have walked in the way of Cain, and for wages have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam, and perished in the opposition of Korah.

12 · This verse (above)

13wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

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