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Jude · chapter 1 · verses 1–4
1Jude, 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: 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 3Beloved, 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. 4For 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.Jude 1:1-4 · King James Version
Jude 1:1-4 in context
1Jude, 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:
2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved, 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.
4For 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.
5I 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.
6And 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:5
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
- 2 Peter 1:2
- 1 Peter 1:2
- 1 Timothy 6:12
- Philippians 1:27
- Jude 1:20
- 2 Timothy 1:13
- Titus 1:4
- Revelation 12:11
- 2 Timothy 4:7-8
- Revelation 2:10
Key words (Strong's)
- lasciviousnessaselgeiaunbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness…G766 →
- condemnationkrimaa decree, judgments, judgment, condemnation of wrong, the decision which one passes on…G2917 →
- sanctifiedhagiazōto render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow, to separate from profane things…G37 →
- preservedtēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
- diligencespoudēhaste, with haste, earnestness, diligence, earnestness in accomplishing, promoting, or…G4710 →
- salvationsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- unawarespareisdy(n)ōto enter secretly, slip in stealthily, to steal inG3921 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
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Here we have the preface or introduction, in which, I. We have an account of the penman of this epistle, Jude, or Judas, or Judah.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2