To the only God. See note on Romans 16:27. Through Jesus Christ. God saves us through Jesus Christ our Lord! [Both the TEV and NIV follow the corrected Greek text.] And forever and ever! Compare Revelation 5 and notes. These last two verses are Jude's doxology of praise to the God of Israel and to His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord!!!
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Verse Jude 1:25. _TO THE ONLY WISE GOD_] Who alone can _teach_, who alone has declared the _truth_; that truth in which ye now stand. Romans 16:27. _OUR SAVIOUR_] Who has by his blood washed us from...
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD - See the Romans 16:27 note; 1 Timothy 1:17 note. OUR SAVIOUR - The word “Saviour” may be appropriately applied to God as such, because he is the great Author of salvation, though...
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...
Unto him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand blameless and exultant in the presence of his glory, to the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty...
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
WISE. All the texts omit. Compare 1 Timothy 1:17. MAJESTY. Greek. _megalosune._ See Hebrews 1:3. DOMINION. App-172. POWER. App-172. NOW, &C. The texts read "before every age and now and unto all t...
_to the only wise God our Saviour_ The form of the doxology in the Received Text presents a parallelism to that of 1 Timothy 1:17. The word "wise" is, however, omitted in many of the best MSS. In the...
24, 25. The beautiful ending of the Epistle grows naturally out of the preceding words. The thought of the fate that attends those who have gone astray leads to a prayer that the faithful may be prese...
ΜΌΝΩΙ ΘΕΩ͂Ι ΣΩΤΗ͂ΡΙ ἩΜΩ͂Ν, cf. τὸν μόνον δεσπότην Jude 1:4; Romans 16:27. Θεὸς σωτὴρ occurs in the _Magnificat_ Luke 1:47 and in 1 Timothy 1:1;...
ΜΕΓΑΛΟΣΎΝΗ (G3172) величие, величественность. ΑΜΉΝ (G281) истинно, аминь. Это слово регулярно завершает славословия, как бы удостоверяя приписание славы Тому, Кому она принадлежит по праву: Богу, Кот...
NOW UNTO HIM, &C.— "Now, to conclude with a solemn doxology, which belongs, as to all the Persons in the adorable Godhead, so particularly to our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we have been speaking of under...
_CONCLUSION: A BELIEVER GUARDED SECURELY IN THE STATE OF HIS CHOICE_ Jude 1:24-25 _Text_ 24. Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory...
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, fan...
VERSE 25. TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOR. He that guarded and guided us, even God, to him who is only wise that is, wise without deriving his wisdom from any other source than himself who conceived i...
1:25 age, (a-22) Or 'course [of time],' a large expression and of wide use in Greek....
THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR] (cp. Romans 16:27 RV). RV 'the only God our Saviour.' God is called Saviour elsewhere in NT. only in 1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Timothy 2:3;...
Most of Jude’s letter has been about the wicked behaviour of evil people. And about the danger that such people are to true believers. But now Jude ends his letter on a much happier subject. He remin...
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...
(24, 25) Concluding Doxology. (24) NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE. — Comp. the conclusion Romans 16:25. It would be rash to infer from the similarity that St. Jude must have known the Epistle to the Romans...
CHAPTER 38 THE FINAL DOXOLOGY: PRAISE TO GOD, THE PROTECTOR OF HIS SERVANTS. Jude 1:24 FROM his severe and somber warnings and exhortations St. Jude turns in joyous and exulting confidence to Him wh...
μόνῳ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν. See above on Jude 1:4, τὸν μόνον δεσπότην. God is called σωτήρ in Isaiah 45:15, σὺ γὰρ εἶ Θεὸς … ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραῆλ σωτήρ, Isaiah 45:21, Sir 51:1, αἰνέσω σε Θεὸν τὸν σωτῆρά μου, P...
_Final Benediction and Ascription_. I have bidden you to keep yourselves in the love of God; I have warned you against all impiety and impurity. But do not think that you can attain to the one, or gua...
BEWARE OF THE TOUCH OF THE UNGODLY Jude 1:12 What traps and pitfalls beset us! How many have fallen who had as good or a better chance than we! The angels kept not their first estate; Adam, though cr...
ASSURANCE FOR THE CHRISTIAN Jude closed his book with a prayer. It was directed to Jesus, our protector. He can keep one from stumbling, which will, in turn, keep him from falling. One who avoids fall...
Now to him, &c. St. Jude concludes his epistle with this doxology of praising God, and praying to the only God, our Saviour, which may either signify God the Father, or God as equally agreeing to all...
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. The Apostle here enters upon the subject of the Church, in pointing out her safety in Christ, amids...
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...
_ABLE TO KEEP AND TO SAVE_ ‘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, to the only wise God our Saviour, be...
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...
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD OUR SAVIOUR,.... By whom is meant, not the Trinity of Persons in general, nor the Father in particular; but the Lord Jesus Christ, who is truly God, though not to the exclusion of...
_Now unto him who_ alone _is able to keep you from falling_ Into any of these errors or sins, or _from stumbling_, as απταιστους literally signifies, rugged and dangerous as the ways of life are, and...
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD, OUR SAVIOR, BE GLORY AND MAJESTY, DOMINION AND POWER, BOTH NOW AND EVER. AMEN. Here is both praise of God and wonderful comfort for the believers: But to Him that is able to pres...
Concluding doxology:...
24,25 God is able, and as willing as able, to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as those who never have been faulty, but as those who, but for Go...
_To the only wise; _ only wise infinitely, and of himself. _God our Saviour; _ either God, who is sometimes called by this title, 1 TIMOTHY 2:3 TITUS 1:3, TITUS 3:4; or rather Christ. _Be glory:_ see...
Jude 1:25 God G2316 our G2257 Savior G4990 alone G3441 wise G4680 glory G1391 and G2532 majesty G3172 Dominion...
THE FINAL ASSURANCE (JUDE 1:24). Jude closes his letter with an assurance to all true believers that they need not fear what the future may hold, because in the face of all that they are dealing with...
Jude 1:24-25. Exhortations to keep themselves in the love of God are fitly followed by a doxology which reminds them that the power and grace are from Him who alone can keep them. NOW TO HIM THAT IS A...
TO THE ONLY GOD OUR SAVIOUR (μονω θεω σωτηρ ημων). Dative in the noble doxology. See Romans 16:27, μονω σοφω θεω (to the alone wise God), where also we have δια Ιησου Χριστου, but without του κυριου...
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...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:17 Concluding Exhortations. Jude stresses the proper response of believers to false teachers. ⇐...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:25 THE ONLY GOD. There is only one God. He has acted redemptively (OUR SAVIOR; see note on 2 Tim. 1:8–10) THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:24. ABLE TO KEEP YOU.—Whatever may be said about your self-efforts, the supreme truth is that God can keep, and your supreme hope should rest on the assurance t...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 5:11;...
Both now and ever [κ α ι ν υ ν κ α ι ε ι ς π α ν τ α ς τ ο υ, ς α ι ω ν α ς]. Lit., both now and unto all the ages. The best texts add pro pantov tou aijwnov, before all time. LIST OF GREEK WORDS USE...
Our apostle shuts up his epistle (as is usual) with. doxology; where observe, 1. The person to whom the praise is given, to God, the wise God, the only wise God, so called because he is infinitely and...