JUDE—NOTE ON Jude 1:4 crept in unnoticed. The false teachers seem to be Christians. Designated translates a Greek word meaning “to write about or identify beforehand.” The false teachers did not take God by surprise. He predicted their coming and their condemnation long before they existed. They pervert (that is, twist and distort) God’s grace (especially his free forgiveness of sin) into permission for sensuality (see note on 2 Pet. 2:2; compare Romans 3:8; Romans 6:1, Romans 6:15; 2 Peter 3:15).

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