Jude 1:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But you, beloved, remember the words that were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀγαπητοί, μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·

Transliteration

Hymeis de, agapētoi, mnēsthēte tōn rhēmatōn tōn proeirēmenōn hypo tōn apostolōn tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou;

Grammar Details

• *Hymeis*: personal pronoun, nominative, plural - you
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but
• *agapētoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - beloved
• *mnēsthēte*: aorist passive imperative, 2nd person plural - remember
• *tōn rhēmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - the words
• *tōn proeirēmenōn*: perfect passive participle, genitive, neuter, plural - having been spoken before
• *hypo tōn apostolōn*: prepositional phrase with genitive - by the apostles
• *tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of our Lord Jesus Christ

Word Meanings

• *agapētoi*: beloved/dear ones
• *mnēsthēte*: remember/recall
• *rhēmatōn*: words/sayings/utterances
• *proeirēmenōn*: having been spoken before/foretold/predicted
• *apostolōn*: apostles/messengers/sent ones

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But ye beloved remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORde Iesus Christ

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But ye beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before, of the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior communicated through your apostles.
• 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
• Acts 20:35 : 35 In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
• Eph 2:20 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
• Eph 4:11 : 11 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and teachers,