JUDE
St. Jude, says Origen, has written an Epistle in a few lines indeed, but full of vigorous expressions of heavenly grace — Ιουδας [ Strong’s G2455 ], μεν [ Strong’s G3303 ], εγραψεν επιστολην ολιγοστιχον μεν [ Strong’s G3303 ], πεπληρωμενην δε [ Strong’s G1161 ], ουρανιου χαριτος ερρωμενων λογων .
He briefly and forcibly represents the detestable doctrines and practices of certain false teachers, generally supposed to be the impure Gnostics, Nicolaitans and followers of Simon Magus; and reproves these profligate perverters of sound principles, and patrons of lewdness, with a holy indignation and just severity; while at the same time he exhorts all sound Christians, with genuine apostolic charity, to have tender compassion on these deluded wretches, and to endeavour vigorously to reclaim them from the ways of hell, and pluck them as brands out of the fire. There is a great similarity in sentiment and style between this Epistle and the second chapter of the second Epistle of Peter. Both writers are nearly alike in vehemence and holy indignation against impudence and lewdness, and against those who insidiously undermine chastity, purity, and sound principles.
Jude Chapter 1
Overview
v. 1, He exhorts them to be constant in the profession of the faith; v. 4, False teachers are crept in to seduce them, for whose evil doctrine and manners horrible punishment is prepared; v. 20, whereas the godly, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, may persevere, and grow in grace, and keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers.
Jude 1:1
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Jude: Matt. 10:3 , Lebbeus, Thaddeus, Mark 3:18 , Thaddeus, Luke 6:16 ; John 14:22 ; Acts 1:13
the servant: John 12:26 ; Acts 27:23 ; Rom. 1:1 , 6:22 , 16:18 ; James 1:1 ; 2 Pet. 1:1
them: John 15:16, 17:17, 19 ; Acts 20:32 ; 1 Cor. 1:2, 6:11 ; Eph. 5:26 ; 1 Thes. 5:23; 1 Pet. 1:2
preserved: John 6:39, 10:28-30, 17:11, 12, 15 ; 2 Tim. 4:18 ; 1 Pet. 1:5
and called: Rom. 8:3 , 9:24 ; 1 Thes. 2:12; 2 Thes. 2:13, 14; 2 Tim. 1:9 ; Heb. 3:1 ; 1 Pet. 2:9 , 5:10
Jude 1:2
Rom. 1:7 ; 1 Pet. 1:2 ; 2 Pet. 1:2 ; Rev. 1:4-6
Jude 1:3
when: Rom. 15:15 , 16 ; Gal. 6:11 ; Heb. 13:22 ; 1 Pet. 5:12 ; 2 Pet. 1:12-15 , 3:1
common: Isa. 45:17, 22 ; Acts 4:12, 13:46, 47, 28:28 ; Gal. 3:28 ; Titus 1:4 ; 2 Pet. 1:1
that ye: Neh. 13:25 ; Jer. 9:3 ; Acts 6:8-10 , 9:22 , 17:3 , 18:4-6 , 28 ; Phil. 1:27 ; 1 Thes. 2:2; 1 Tim. 1:18 , 6:12 ; 2 Tim. 1:13 , 4:7 , 8 ; Rev. 2:10 , 12:11
which: Deut. 9:10 , 21:9 ; Acts 20:27 ; 1 Cor. 15:3 ; Gal. 2:5 ; 2 Pet. 3:2
the saints: Eph. 1:1 ; Phil. 1:1 ; Col. 1:2
Jude 1:4
crept: Matt. 13:25 ; Acts 15:24 ; Gal. 2:4 ; Eph. 4:14 ; 2 Tim. 3:6 ; 2 Pet. 2:1, 2
who: Rom. 9:21, 22 ; 1 Pet. 2:8 ; 2 Pet. 2:3
ungodly: Jude 1:15 ; 2 Sam. 22:5 ; Psa. 1:1 ; 1 Pet. 4:18 ; 2 Pet. 2:5 , 6 , 3:7
turning: Rom. 6:1, 2 ; Gal. 5:13 ; Titus 2:11 , 12 ; Heb. 12:15, 16 ; 1 Pet. 2:16 ; 2 Pet. 2:10 ,18-22
denying: Titus 1:15 , 16 ; 2 Pet. 2:1 ; 1 John 2:22
only: Psa. 62:2 ; John 17:3 ; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16 ; Rev. 15:4
Jude 1:5
put: Rom. 15:15 ; 2 Pet. 1:12 , 13 , 3:1
having: 1 Cor. 10:1-12
afterward: Num. 14:22-37 , 26:64 , 65 ; Deut. 2:15 , 16 ; Psa. 106:26 ; Heb. 3:16-19 , 4:1 , 2
Jude 1:6
angels: John 8:44
first estate: or, principality, Eph. 6:12
he hath: Matt. 25:41 ; 2 Pet. 2:4
unto: Matt. 8:29 ; Heb. 10:27 ; Rev. 20:10
Jude 1:7
as: Gen. 13:13 , 18:20 , 19:24-26 ; Deut. 29:23 ; Isa. 1:9 , 13:19 ; Jer. 20:16 ; Jer. 50:40 ; Lam. 4:6 ; Ezek. 16:49 , 50 ; Hosea 11:8 ; Amos 4:11 ; Luke 17:29
strange: Gr. other, Gen. 19:5 ; Rom. 1:26 , 27 ; 1 Cor. 6:9
are: Matt. 11:24 ; 2 Pet. 2:6
eternal: Deut. 29:23 ; Isa. 33:14 ; Matt. 25:41 ; Mark 9:43-49
Jude 1:8
these: Jer. 38:25-28
defile: 1 Cor. 3:17 ; 1 Tim. 1:10 ; 2 Pet. 2:10-12
despise: Gen. 3:5 ; Num. 16:3 , 12 , 13 , 1 Sam. 10:27 ; Psa. 2:1-6 , 12:3-4 ; Luke 19:14 ; Acts 7:27 , 39 ; 1 Thes. 4:8; Heb. 13:17
speak: Jude 1:9 , 10 ; Ex. 22:28 ; Prov. 30:11 , 17 ; Eccl. 10:20 ; Acts 23:5 ; 1 Pet. 2:17
Jude 1:9
Michael: It is most probable, that the Apostle took this account concerning Michael, and that of the prophesying of Enoch, from an ancient tradition preserved and well known among the Jews. Dan. 10:13 , 21 , 12:1 ; Rev. 12:7
archangel: 1 Thes. 4:16
the body: Deut. 34:6
durst: Ex. 22:28 ; Isa. 36:13-21 ; Mark 15:29 ; Luke 23:39 , 40 ; 1 Pet. 3:9 ; 2 Pet. 2:11
The Lord: 1 Chr. 12:17 ; Isa. 37:3 , 4 , 10-20 ; Zech. 3:2
Jude 1:10
speak: 2 Pet. 2:12
in those: Rom. 1:21 , 22
Jude 1:11
Woe: Isa. 3:9 , 11 ; Jer. 13:27 ; Ezek. 13:3 ; Zech. 11:17 ; Matt. 11:21 , 23:13-16 ; Luke 11:42-47
for: Gen. 4:5-14 ; 1 John 3:12
ran: Num. 22:1-24:25 , 31:16 ; Deut. 23:4 ; Josh. 24:9-11 ; Micah 6:5 ; 2 Pet. 2:15 ; Rev. 2:14
perished: Num. 16:1-35 , 26:9 , 10 , Korah
Jude 1:12
are spots: 2 Pet. 2:13, 14
feasts: 1 Cor. 11:21, 22
feeding: Psa. 78:29-31 ; Isa. 56:10-12 ; Ezek. 34:8, 18 ; Luke 12:19, 20, 45, 16:19 ; Luke 21:34 ; Phil. 3:19 ; 1 Thes. 5:6, 7; James 5:5
clouds: Prov. 25:14 ; Hosea 6:4 ; 2 Pet. 2:17
carried: Eph. 4:14
trees: Psa. 1:3 , 37:2 ; Matt. 13:6 , 21:19 , 20 ; Mark 4:6 , 11:21 ; Luke 8:6 ; John 15:4-6
twice: 1 Tim. 5:6 ; Heb. 6:4-8 ; 2 Pet. 2:18-20
plucked: 2 Chr. 7:20 ; Ezek. 17:9 ; Matt. 15:13 ; Mark 11:20
Jude 1:13
Raging: Psa. 65:7, 93:3, 4; Isa. 57:20 ; Jer. 5:22, 23
foaming: Phil. 3:19 ; 2 Tim. 3:13
wandering: Rev. 8:10, 11
to whom: 2 Pet. 2:17 ; Rev. 14:10, 11, 20:10, 21:8
Jude 1:14
Enoch: Gen. 5:18, 24 ; 1 Chr. 1:1-3 ; Heb. 11:5, 6
Behold: Deut. 33:2 ; Job 19:25-27 ; Psa. 50:3-5 ; Dan. 7:9, 10 ; Zech. 14:5 ; Matt. 16:27 ; Matt. 24:30 , 31, 25:31 ; 1 Thes. 3:13; 2 Thes. 1:7, 8; Rev. 1:7
Jude 1:15
execute: Psa. 9:7, 8 , 37:6, 50:1-6 , 98:9, 149:9 ; Eccl. 11: , 12:14 ; John 5:2 , 23, 27 ; Acts 17:31 ; Rom. 2:16 , 14:10 ; 1 Cor. 4:5 , 5:13 ; Rev. 22:12-15 , 20
convince: Rom. 2:5 , 3:19 , 20
and of all: Jude 1:16 ; Ex. 16:8 ; 1 Sam. 2:3 ; Psa. 31:18, 73:9, 94:4 ; Isa. 37:22-36 ; Dan. 7:20 ; Dan. 11:36 ; Mal. 3:13-15 ; Matt. 12:31-37 ; Rev. 13:5, 6, 11
Jude 1:16
murmurers: Num. 14:36, 16:11 ; Deut. 1:27 ; Psa. 106:25 ; Isa. 29:24 ; Luke 5:30, 15:2 , 19:7 ; John 6:41, 61 ; 1 Cor. 10:10 ; Phil. 2:14
walking: Jude 1:18 ; Gal. 5:16, 24 ; 1 Thes. 4:5; 2 Tim. 4:3 ; James 1:14, 15 ; 1 Pet. 1:14, 2:11 ; 1 Pet. 4:2 ; 2 Pet. 2:10, 3:3
their mouth: Jude 1:15 ; Job 17:4 , 5 ; Psa. 17:10 , 73:9-11 ; 2 Pet. 2:18
having: Lev. 19:15 ; Job 32:21 , 34:19 ; Psa. 15:4 ; Prov. 28:21 ; 1 Tim. 6:5 ; James 2:1-9 ; 2 Pet. 2:1-3
Jude 1:17
remember: Mal. 4:4 ; Acts 20:35 ; Eph. 2:20, 4:11 ; 2 Pet. 3:2 ; 1 John 4:6
Jude 1:18
there: Acts 20:29 ; 1 Tim. 4:1, 2 ; 2 Tim. 3:1-5, 13, 4:3 ; 2 Pet. 2:1, 3:3
who: Jude 1:16 ; Psa. 14:1, 2
Jude 1:19
who: Prov. 18:1 ; Isa. 65:5 ; Ezek. 14:7 ; Hosea 4:14 , 9:10 ; Heb. 10:25
sensual: 1 Cor. 2:14 ; James 3:15 , Gr
having: John 3: , 6 ; Rom. 8:9 ; 1 Cor. 6:19
Jude 1:20
building: Acts 9:31 ; Rom. 15:2 ; 1 Cor. 1:8 , 10:23 , 14:4, 5, 26 ; Eph. 4:12, 16 , 29 ; Col. 2:7 ; 1 Thes. 5:11; 1 Tim. 1:4 , Gr
most: Acts 15:9, 26:18 ; 2 Tim. 1:5 ; Titus 1:1 ; James 2:22 ; 2 Pet. 1:1; 1 John 5:4 ; Rev. 13:10
praying: Zech. 12:10 ; Rom. 8:15 , 26 , 27 ; 1 Cor. 14:15 ; Gal. 4:6 ; Eph. 6:18
Jude 1:21
Keep: Jude 1:24 ; John 14:2, 15:9, 10 ; Acts 11:23; 1 John 4:16 , 5:18, 21; Rev. 12:11
in: Rom. 5:5 , 8:39 ; 2 Thes. 3:5; 1 John 3:16 , 17
looking: Job 14:14 ; Lam. 3:25 , 26 ; Matt. 24:42-51 ; Luke 12:36-40 ; 2 Tim. 4:8 ; Titus 2:13, 14 ; Heb. 9:28 ; 2 Pet. 3:12
the mercy: John 1:17 ; 1 Tim. 1:2 ; 2 Tim. 1:2 , 16 , 18
unto: Rom. 5:21, 6:23 ; 1 John 5:10, 11
Jude 1:22
Jude 1:4-13 ; Ezek. 34:17 ; Gal. 4:20 , 6:1 ; Heb. 6:4-8 ; James 5:19 , 20 ; 1 John 5:16-18
Jude 1:23
save: Rom. 11:14 ; 1 Cor. 5:3-5 ; 2 Cor. 7:10-12 ; 1 Tim. 4:16
pulling: Amos 4:11 ; Zech. 3:2 ; 1 Cor. 3:15
hating: Lev. 13:47-59 , 14:47 , 15:17 ; Isa. 64:6 ; Lam. 4:14 ; Zech. 3:3-5 ; 1 Cor. 5:9-11 ; 1 Cor. 15:33 ; 2 Thes. 3:14; Rev. 3:4 , 18
Jude 1:24
able: Jude 1:21 ; John 10:29, 30 ; Rom. 8:31, 14:4, 16:25-27; Eph. 3:20; 2 Tim. 4:18
present: 2 Cor. 4:14, 11:2; Eph. 5:27; Col. 1:22, 2 , 3:4; Heb. 13:20, 21
faultless: Rev. 14:5
the presence: Matt. 16:27, 19:28, 25:31; Luke 9:26; 1 Thes. 4:16, 17; 1 Pet. 4:13
exceeding: Psa. 21:6, 43:4; Matt. 5:12; 2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Pet. 4:13
Jude 1:25
the only: Psa. 104:24, 147:5; Rom. 11:33, 16:27; Eph. 1:8, 3:10; 1 Tim. 1:17
God: Psa. 78:20; Isa. 12:2, 45:21; John 4:22; 1 Tim. 2:3; Titus 1:3, 4, 2:10, 13 ; Titus 3:4; 2 Pet. 1:1
be glory: 1 Chr. 29:11; Psa. 72:18, 19; Dan. 4:3 ; Matt. 6:13; Eph. 3:21; 1 Pet. 4:11; 1 Pet. 5:10, 11; 2 Pet. 3:18; Rev. 1:6, 4:9-11, 5:13, 14
