(14) 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,
(14) He commends them to the grace of God, declaring sufficiently that it is God only that can give us that constancy which he requires of us.
Verse Jude 1:24. _NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING_] Who alone can preserve you from the contagion of sin, and preserve you from falling into any kind of error that might be prejudic...
NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING - This ascription to one who was able to keep them from falling is made in view of the facts adverted to in the Epistle - the dangers of being led aw...
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)...
KEEP. guard. Greek. _phulassso._ Compare John 17:12. FROM FALLING. without falling. Greek. _aptaistos._ Only here. Compare Romans 11:11 (stumble). PRESENT. set, or make stand. See Acts 22:30. fau
_Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling_ Better, ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING. See note on the difference between "stumbling" and "falling," on 2 Peter 1:10. The form of the concluding...
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...
ΔΥΝΑΜΈΝΦ _praes. med._ idep.) _part. от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._ Subst. part., “тот, кто способен”, ΦΎΛΑΞΑΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΦΥΛΆΣΣΩ (G5442) хранить, стеречь, соблюдать. Здесь под...
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...
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, Vul...
VERSE 24. NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE. That is, unto God. To him is this doxology addressed. God only is capable of so guarding our footsteps that we neither stumble nor fall. The Christian life is, met...
FALLING] RV 'stumbling': cp. Romans 11:11; 1 Peter 2:8. FAULTLESS] RV 'without blemish': cp. Ephesians 1:4 (RV); Colossians 1:22; (RV)...
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...
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...
(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...
_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...
τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι ὑμᾶς ἀπταίστους. Apparently a reminiscence [801] of Romans 16:25 f., τῷ δὲδυναμένῳ ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι … μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώ, ων. Similar...
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...
24_Now unto him that is able to keep you_. He closes the Epistle with praise to God; by which he shews that our exhortations and labors can do nothing except through the power of God accompanying them...
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...
NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING,.... The people of God are liable to falling into temptation, into sin, into errors and mistakes, from an exercise of grace, or from a degree of stea...
_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...
Concluding doxology:...
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,...
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...
_Able to keep you from falling; _ from stumbling in your spiritual course, and so able to make you persevere to the end. _Before the presence of his glory; _ or, his glorious presence, i.e. before him...
Jude 1:24 Now G1161 able G1410 (G5740) keep G5442 (G5658) you G5209 (G5625) G846 stumbling...
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...
FROM STUMBLING (απταιστους). Verbal from πταιω, to stumble (James 3:2; 2 Peter 1:10), sure-footed as of a horse that does not stumble (Xenophon), and so of a good man (Epictetus, Marcus Antoninus)....
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...
TO HIM. To God our Father. WHO IS ABLE. "To give you courage to _run the full distance in the faith,_ and to show you God's promise, I tell you He is able to keep you from falling into error or sin!...
THE GREAT KEEPER Him that is able to keep you from falling. Jude 1:24 (AV). Our text is at the end of one of the gloomiest books in the Bible. We know little about the writer of it, but he must have...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:17 Concluding Exhortations. Jude stresses the proper response of believers to false teachers. ⇐...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:24 God has the power TO KEEP from STUMBLING those who have put their faith in him. By “stumbling” Jude means falling into sin or error. If such behavior continues it will eventuall...
_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 Peter 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 11:2;...
To keep you from falling [φ υ λ α ξ α ι υ μ α ς α π τ α ι σ τ ο υ ς]. Lit., " to keep you without stumbling. Only here in New Testament. See the kindred word offend. Rev., stumble, James 2:10; James 3...
Now to him who alone is able to keep them from falling — Into any of these errors or sins. And to present them faultless in the presence of his glory — That is, in his own presence, when he shall be r...
Observe here, 1. How our apostle shuts up his exhortation with prayer; having exhorted them to duty, he commends them to the divine grace, intimating, that the fruit of all must be expected from God,...