[Verse 1 - bass and voice together] Beloved, I meant to write of the salvation we hold in common. Then urgency took the page: I had to turn report into appeal. Rise. Guard what was entrusted. [Refrain - collective] Contend earnestly for the faith, not a new faith, not a private design, the faith once delivered to the saints. Stand where it was given. [Verse 2 - clipped warning] Certain men slipped in unnoticed, their condemnation marked long before. Ungodly, they bend the grace of God toward unrestrained desire; they deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. [Interlude - 4 bars] [Verse 3 - wider phrases] Do not trade the guarded center for the whisper at its edge. Grace does not license the darkness that turns its back on the Giver. The beloved stand between the once-delivered word and creeping denial. [Refrain - harder cadence] Contend earnestly for the faith. Receive it whole; carry it clean. Expose the hidden turning. Stand where it was given. [Outro - prepared-piano strike] Once delivered. Still defended.