Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST - as His minister and apostle. BROTHER OF JAMES - more widely known as Bishop of Jerusalem and "brother of the Lord" (i:e.,... [ Continue Reading ]
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. MERCY - in a time of wretchedness. Therefore mercy stands first: of Christ (). PEACE - in the Holy Spirit (). LOVE - of God (). The three answer to the Trinity. BE MULTIPLIED - in and toward you.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Design of the letter (cf. Jude 1:20). ALL DILIGENCE - (2 Peter 1:5.) As... [ Continue Reading ]
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. CERTAIN MEN - disparagement. CREPT IN UNAWARES - stealthily, (note, 2 Peter... [ Continue Reading ]
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (Hebrews 3:16; Hebrews 4:1.) THEREFORE. [ Oun (G3767), C, Lucifer; but A B, Vulgate, read, 'but:' in contrast to th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (2 Peter 2:4.) KEPT NOT THEIR FIRST ESTATE. Vulgate [ heauton (G1438) archeen (G746)], 'their own principality,' which the fa... [ Continue Reading ]
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. EVEN AS, [ hoos (G5613)]. Alford, '(I wish to remind you, Jude 1:5) that,' etc. SOD... [ Continue Reading ]
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. ALSO, [ homioos (G3668) mentoi (G3305)] - 'in like manner nevertheless' (notwithstanding these warning examples) (Alford). THESE FILTHY DREAMERS. The Greek has not "filthy." The clause, 'these men... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL - nowhere in Scripture plural, 'archangels;' but ONE, "archangel." The only other New Testament pa... [ Continue Reading ]
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. THOSE THINGS WHICH, [ hosa (G3745)] - 'as many things soever as they understand not,' namely, things of the spiritual world. See 2 Peter 2:12. BUT WH... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. WOE. Note, 2 Peter 2:14, "cursed children." CAIN - the murderer: the root of whose sin was hatred and envy of the godly; the sin of these seducer... [ Continue Reading ]
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; SPOTS. So 2 Peter 2:13 [spiloi; here, spiladees (G4694), wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. RAGING - wild. Jude has in mind Isaiah 57:20. SHAME, [ aischunas (G152)] - plural, 'shames' (cf. Philippians 3:19). WANDERING STARS - instead of moving on in a regul... [ Continue Reading ]
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, See 'Introduction,' on the source whence Jude derived this prophecy. The Holy Spirit, by Jude, sealed the truth of this much of the matter in the book of Enoch, though pro... [ Continue Reading ]
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Enoch's prophecy is in Hebrew poetic parallelism, the oldest specimen extant. S... [ Continue Reading ]
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. MURMURERS - muttering complains against God's ordinances and ministers in church and state. Compare ; . COMPLAINERS - never s... [ Continue Reading ]
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; BUT, BELOVED - in contrast to those reprobates, Jude 1:20, again. REMEMBER. His readers had been contemporaries of the apostles: for Peter uses the same formula in reminding the contemporarie... [ Continue Reading ]
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. MOCKERS. In 2 Peter 3:3 [ empaiktai (G1703), the same Greek], 'scoffers:' nowhere else in the New Testament. 2 Peter 3:2 is referred to: for Jude quotes the very words of Peter as thos... [ Continue Reading ]
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. THESE BE THEY - showing their characters are such as Peter and Paul foretold. SEPARATE THEMSELVES - from church communion in its vital reality; outwardly they took part in church ordinances (Jude 1:12). 'Aleph (') A, Vulgate... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Resuming . BUILDING UP YOURSELVES - opposite to "separate themselves" (); as "in the Holy Spirit" is opposed to "having not the Spirit." ON - as on a foundation. Building on THE FAITH is building on Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. In Jude 1:20, Jude combines the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: faith, hope, and love. KEEP YOURSELVES - not in your own strength, but "in the love of God;" i:e., God's love to you and all believ... [ Continue Reading ]
And of some have compassion, making a difference: None but those who 'keep themselves' are likely to "save" others. HAVE COMPASSION. So 'Aleph (') B read; but A C, Vulgate, etc. [ elengchete (G1651)], 'reprove to their conviction;' 'confute,' so as to convince. MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 'Aleph (')... [ Continue Reading ]
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. SAVE WITH FEAR. A B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, have, after 'snatching them out of the fire' (with which cf. Amos 4:11; Zechariah 3:2; 1 Corinthians 3:15: a most narrow escape), a THIRD class, 'and oth... [ Continue Reading ]
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Concluding doxology. NOW - `But.' YOU. So 'Aleph (') C, Vulgate; 'us,' A: B in Tischendorf, 'them.' You is in contradistinction to those ungodly men above. K... [ Continue Reading ]
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR. 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, add, 'through Jesus Christ our Lord.' The transcribers, fancying that "Saviour" applied to Christ alone, omitted the words. To the only God (the Father) who is... [ Continue Reading ]