1.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Jude . See Introductory Notes.
the = a.
servant . App-190 .
Jesus Christ . App-98 .
James . See James 1:1 .
sanctified . All the texts and the Syriac read "beloved" ( App-135 .)
by = in. App-104 .
God . App-98 .
Father . App-98 .
preserved = kept. Greek. tereo . Occ five times in the epistle, verses: Jude 1:1 , Jude 1:6 , Jude 1:6 , Jude 1:13 , Jude 1:21 . The word phulasso is used in Jude 1:24 .
2.
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
unto = to.
love . App-135 . The only salutation where "love" is mentioned.
multiplied . Compare 1 Peter 1:2 . 2 Peter 1:2 .
3.
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Beloved . App-135 .
when I gave = making.
the . The texts read "our".
common . Compare Titus 1:4 .
it was needful for me = I had need.
and exhort = exhorting. App-134 .
that ye should = to.
earnestly contend . Greek. epagonizomai. Only here. Compare agonizomai. Luke 13:24 .
faith . App-150 .
once = once for all.
delivered . Greek. paradidomi. See John 19:30 .
saints . See Acts 9:13 .
4.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
there are . Omit.
certain . App-124 .
men . App-123 .
crept in unawares . Greek. pareisduo. Only here. Compare Galatians 1:2 , Galatians 1:4 . 2 Peter 2:1 .
before . . . ordained = before written. Greek. prographo. See Romans 15:4 .
condemnation . App-177 .
ungodly men = impious. Greek. asebes. See Romans 4:5 , and compare App-128 .
turning = changing. Greek. metatithemi. See Acts 7:16 .
grace . App-184 .
into . App-104 .
lasciviousness . Greek. aselgeia. See Romans 13:13 .
denying . See 2 Peter 2:1 .
Lord . App-98 .
God . The texts omit.
Lord . App-98 .
5.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
will . App-102 .
put . . . in remembrance . Greek. hupomimnesko. See John 14:26 . knew. App-132 .
LORD . App-98 . Some texts (not the Syriac) read "Jesus". Compare 1 Corinthians 10:4 .
People . Greek. laos. See Acts 2:47 .
land . App-129 .
afterward . Literally the second time, or in the second place.
destroyed . Greek. apollumi. See John 17:12 .
believed . App-150 .
6.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
kept . Same as "preserved", Jude 1:1 .
their first estate = their own principality ( App-172 .) Compare Ephesians 1:21 ; Ephesians 3:10 ; 2 Chronicles 1:16; 2 Chronicles 1:16 ; Colossians 2:10 , Colossians 2:15 .
habitation . Greek. oikiterion. Only here and 2 Corinthians 5:2 .
reserved . Same as "kept", above.
everlasting . App-151 .
chains . Greek. desmos. Not same word as Revelation 20:1 .
under . App-104 .
darkness . See 2 Peter 2:4 .
judgment . App-177 .
day . See Matthew 25:41 .Revelation 20:10 , Revelation 20:11 .
7.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
about . App-104 .
manner . Add "to these", i.e. the angels of Jude 1:6 . The sin of Sodom and Gomorrha, like that of the angels of Genesis 6 ( App-23 ,), was an unnatural one, breaking through the bounds which God had set.
giving, &c. Greek. ekporneuo. Only here. Anintensive form of porneuo, which occurs: 1 Corinthians 6:18 . &c.
strange = other. App-124 .
are set forth . Greek. prokeimai. See 2 Corinthians 8:12 .
example . Greek. deigma. Only here.
suffering = undergoing. Greek. hupecho. Only here.
vengeance . App-177 .
eternal . App-151 .
8.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
also these = these also.
dreamers = in their dreamings. Greek. enupniazomai. See Acts 2:17 .
defile . See John 18:28 .
despise . Greek. atheteo. See John 12:48 (rejecteth).
dominion = lordship. See Ephesians 1:21 . 2 Peter 2:10 (government).
speak evil of = blaspheme.
dignities . Literally glories. Compare 2 Peter 2:10 .
9.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Michael . See Daniel 10:13 .
archangel . See 1 Thessalonians 4:16 . No other angel bears this title.
contending . App-122 .
disputed . Greek. dialegomai. See Acts 17:2 .
about . App-104 .
Moses . The seventy-ninth occurance of the name. See Matthew 8:4 . This disputemust have taken place after the death of Moses and his burial by Jehovah, for "death reigned from Adam to (until) Moses" (Romans 5:14 ). The devilclaimed Moses for the death-state, but God raised him as representative ofthose hereafter to be raised, as Elijah of those to be caught up withoutdying.
bring against . Greek. epiphero. See Acts 19:12 .
railing accusation . Literally judgment ( App-177 .) of railing (Greek. blasphemia) .
LORD . App-98 .
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.
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 1 Corinthians 3:17 .
11.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
have gone = went.
Cain . His way was that of natural religion, not the way God hadappointed.
ran greedily = rushed. Literally were poured out. Greek. ekchuno. Often translated "shed".
reward . Same word as in 2 Peter 2:13 , 2 Peter 2:15 .
perished . Greek. apollumi. See John 17:12 .
gainsaying . Greek. antilogia. See Hebrews 6:16 ; Hebrews 12:3 . In five places wherethe Hebrew has "Meribah", the Septuagint translates it by antilogia. Numbers 20:13 ; Numbers 27:14 .Deuteronomy 32:51 ; Deuteronomy 33:8 . Psalms 81:7 .
Core . Korah, as the two others, resisted the declared will of God.
12.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
spots = hidden rocks, as the texts. Greek. spilas. Only here. The word in Ephesians 5:27 and 2 Peter 2:13 is spilos.
feasts of charity . Literally loves, i.e. love-feasts. App-135 .
when they feast = feasting. See 2 Peter 2:13 .
feeding . Literally pasturing, as a shepherd does his flock.
themselves . Making the love-feast an occasion of gratifying the appetite, instead of promoting spiritual edification. Compare Ezekiel 34:2 .
whose fruit withereth = in autumnal decay. Greek. phthinoporinos. Onlyhere.
without fruit . Greek. akarpos. Elsewhere translated "unfruitful".
13.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Raging = Wild. Greek. agrios. Occurs: Matthew 3:4 .Mark 1:6 .
foaming out . Greek. epaphrizo. Only here.
wandering . Greek. planetes. Only here.
is = hath been.
blackness . Same as "darkness", Jude 1:6 .
for ever . App-151 . a.
14.
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
And, &c . Read, "And to these also Enoch".
Behold . App-133 .:2.
cometh . Literally came.
with = among. App-104 .
saints = holy ones, i.e. angels. Compare Deuteronomy 33:2 , Revised Version Matthew 25:31 .Mark 8:38 .
15.
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
upon = against. App-104 .
convince = convict. Greek. exelencho. Only here, but the texts read elencho , as John 8:9 .
that are = the.
among = of. The texts omit.
their = the.
ungodly deeds = works of impiety ( App-128 . IV).
have . Omit.
ungodly committed . See 2 Peter 2:6 .
have spoken = spake. App-121 .
against . App-104 .
16.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
murmurers. Greek. gongustes. Only here. Compare John 6:41 .Acts 6:1 .
complainers . Greek. mempsimoiros. Only here.
after . App-104 .
great swelling . See 2 Peter 2:18 .
having , &c. = admiring persons.
because of. Greek. charin . See 1 John 3:12 .
advantage = profit. See Romans 3:1 .
17.
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
words . Greek. rhema, See Mark 9:32 .
were = have been.
apostles . App-189 .
Lord . App-98 .
18.
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
told = said to.
should = shall.
mockers = scoffers. See 2 Peter 3:3 .
in . The texts read App-104 .
who, &c . walking.
ungodly lusts = lusts of impieties ( App-128 . IV).
19.
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
separate themselves = are separating. Greek. apodiorizo. Only here.
sensual . Greek. psuchikos. See 1 Corinthians 2:14 .James 3:15 .
Spirit . Here "spirit". App-101 .
20.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
building up. See Acts 20:32 .
faith App-150 .; i.e. the object of faith Compare 1 Corinthians 3:11 .
praying . App-134 .
Holy Ghost = holy spirit. App-101 .
21.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
the love of God = God's love to you, i.e. the assurance of it, basedon His Word.
looking for . Greek. prosdechomai. See Acts 23:21 .
life . App-170 .
22.
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
have compassion . Some texts read elencho, "convict".
making, &c . App-122 ., but several texts read "when they contend".
23.
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
with. The texts read en . App-104 .
spotted . Greek. spiloo, See James 3:6 , and compare Revelation 3:4 .
24.
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,
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 .
faultless = blameless. Greek. amomos. See Ephesians 1:4 .Colossians 1:22 .
before the presence of. Greek. katenopion. See 2 Corinthians 2:17 .
glory . See p. 1511exceeding joy = exultation. Greek. agalliasis. See Acts 2:46 .
25.
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
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 the ages".
ever . App-151 .