Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jude 1:10
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.
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.
Verse Jude 1:10. _SPEAK EVIL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THEY KNOW NOT_] They do not understand the origin and utility of civil government; they revile that which ever protects their own persons and their p...
BUT THESE SPEAK EVIL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THEY KNOW NOT - These false and corrupt teachers employ reproachful language of those things which lie wholly beyond the reach of their vision. Notes, 2 Pete...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved...
The false brethren sin in like manner. In their dreamings, _i.e._ vain conceits (yielding to their own wayward fancies, Chase), they are licentious and rebellious. They despise the Lordship (Jude 1:8...
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
KNOW. App-132. NATURALLY. Greek. _phusikos._ Only here. Compare 2 Peter 2:12. BRUTE. See 2 Peter 2:12. IN. App-104. CORRUPT THEMSELVES. are destroyed. Greek. _phtheiro._ See...
_But these speak evil of those things which they know not_ The context leaves no doubt that the region of the "things which they know not" is that of good and evil spirits. The false teachers were, th...
Corresponds to 2 Peter 2:12 but in that place is differently turned. Here φυσικῶς means by instinct: and it is said of the false teachers that they come to ruin (φθείρονται) by means of the knowledge—...
ΌΣΟΣ (G3745) какой (по числу и величине); здесь: как много, насколько, какие вещи, ΟΪΔΑΣΙΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со значением _praes._ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от...
BUT THESE SPEAK EVIL, &C.— _Whereas these men rail against things which they do not indeed understand; but what things they understand naturally, like animals destitute of reason, in these things they...
_A METAPHORE FROM THE SPIRITUAL WORLD THAT ILLUSTRATES APOSTASY_ Jude 1:9-10 _Text_ 9. But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not brin...
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 thin...
VERSE 10. BUT THESE SPEAK EVIL OF THOSE THINGS. While Michael would not bring a railing accusation even against the devil, these false teachers, pretending to have superior knowledge, speak ill of thi...
1 Jude's stress on human relationships is very strong, especially as James, his brother, gained the ascendancy among the Circumcision because of his physical relationship to the Lord. Even Peter and J...
1:10 themselves. (a-29) Or 'destroy themselves,' 'perish.' See Note d, 1 Corinthians 3:17 ....
AS BRUTE BEASTS] RV 'like the creatures without reason.'...
The false teachers show by their attitude that they do not understand *spiritual matters in general. Nor do they understand God’s plan in particular (1 Corinthians 2:7-16). • The false teachers may s...
FIGHT FOR THE *FAITH! JUDE _HILDA BRIGHT_ WHAT THIS LETTER IS ABOUT Jude wrote the letter to warn his readers against false teachers. These teachers claimed to be Christians. But they were being...
(8-10) Application of these three instances to the libertines who are now provoking God. (8) LIKEWISE ALSO. — Rather, _Yet in like manner: i.e._, in spite of these warnings. These ungodly men were lik...
CHAPTER 34 RAILING AT DIGNITIES-"THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES"-ST. JUDE'S USE OF APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE. Jude 1:8 ST. JUDE having given three terrible examples of the punishment of gross sin in Jews, Gent...
οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασιν βλασφημοῦσιν. The libertines do the contrary of what we are told of the respect shown by the angel even towards Satan: they speak evil of that spiritual world, those spiri...
_Illustrations of Sin and Judgment Derived from History and from Nature_. The judgment impending Over these men is borne witness to by well-known facts of the past, and may be illustrated from the phe...
“CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH” Jude 1:1 Kept is the keynote of this Epistle. It occurs in Jude 1:1; Jude 1:6; Jude 1:21, and in another form in...
THE APOSTATES IN JUDE'S DAY In verse 8, Jude showed the false teachers had committed sins similar to those committed by those in the Old Testament examples he had previously given. They had committed...
(8) 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. (8) The conclusion: These men are doubly at fault...
_These men blaspheme whatsoever things they know not, as it is the custom of false and ignorant teachers: and as to things which they know by their senses, in these they are corrupted, following, like...
CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chapt...
10._But these speak evil of those things which they know not. _He means that they had no taste for anything but what was gross, and as it were beastly, and therefore did not perceive what was worthy o...
The Epistle of Jude develops the history of the apostasy of Christendom, from the earliest elements that crept into the assembly to corrupt it, down to its judgment at the appearing of our Lord, but a...
BUT THESE SPEAK EVIL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THEY KNOW NOT,.... Which may more particularly refer to dignities, Judges 1:8; either angels, who are little known, and not at all, but by revelation, and ye...
_But these_ Without any shame; _speak evil of those things which they know not_ Namely, the things of God; of whose nature and excellence, truth and importance, they are entirely ignorant. See on 1 Co...
8-16 False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul. These teachers are of a disturbed mind and a seditious spirit; forgetting that the powers that be, are ordained of...
_But these speak evil of those things which they know not; _ the same as 2 PETER 2:12; unless this be more generally to be understood of all those spiritual things whereof they were ignorant. _But wha...
Jude 1:10 But G1161 these G3778 evil G987 (G5719) whatever G3745 G3303 not G3756 know G1492 ...
‘But these rail at whatever things they know not, and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.' But these foolish people, unlike Michael,...
A FURTHER INDICATION OF THE HERESY IN WHICH THE GODLESS MEN WERE INVOLVED (JUDE 1:8). Jude now describes in a threefold way the folly of the ‘ungodly persons', and points out that their attitude conf...
Jude 1:10. BUT THESE, who ‘defile the flesh,' as they ‘rail at dignities' (Jude 1:8), AT WHATEVER THEY KNOW NOT the whole range of invisible and heavenly things, and even the nobler sentiments of our...
WHATSOEVER THINGS THEY KNOW NOT (οσα ουκ οιδασιν). Here 2 Peter 2:12 has εν οις αγνοουσιν. The rest of the sentence is smoother than 2 Peter 2:12.NATURALLY (φυσικως). Here only in N.T. 2 Peter 2:1...
CONTENTS: The apostasy and apostate teachers described. Assurance and comfort for true believers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jude, James, Michael, Moses, Cain, Balaam, Enoch, Adam. CONCLUS...
THE gleanings of the church respecting St. Jude are few. Du Pin, who spent his life in ecclesiastical studies, says, he had the surname of Lebbeus and Thaddeus, was brother of James the less, and is c...
BUT THESE MEN. "They claim to have special _knowledge,_ but they show they are liars by insulting things they do not understand! They are not able to judge spiritual matters, because they are not spir...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:5 The Immoral Character and Resulting Judgment of the False Teachers. Jude uses analogies from the OT and Jewish tradition to declare judgment for the false teachers (see v....
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:8 THESE PEOPLE ALSO refers to the false teachers (see chart). They are led astray by RELYING ON THEIR DREAMS. They follow experiences they claim are from God. Yet thes
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:10 ALL THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND includes true biblical doctrine about God, angels, and demons, and human sin and forgiveness through Christ. What they UNDERSTAND INSTINCTIVELY,...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:7. GIVING THEMSELVES OVER.—ἐκπορνεύσασαι; the ἐκ denotes the intensity of their lust, which would be gratified at all hazards. STRANGE FLESH.—Other flesh; _præte...
Shall we go to the general epistle of Jude. Jude introduces himself as... A servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James (Jude 1:1), The word servant in Greek is doulos, bondslave of Jesus Christ. B...
2 Peter 2:12; Romans 1:21; Romans 1:22...
Compare 2 Peter 2:12. They know not [ο υ κ ο ι δ α σ ι ν]. Mental comprehension and knowledge, and referring to the whole range of invisible things; while the other verb in this verse, also translated...
But these — Without all shame. Rail at the things of God which they know not — Neither can know, having no spiritual senses. And the natural things, which they know — By their natural senses, they abu...
A double crime is here charged upon these seducers by our apostle, namely, pride, in speaking evil of things they know not; and wickedness, in abusing the knowledge they had. 1. Their sin was great in...