📖 The Book of Jude
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Contend for the faith — false teachers are among you.
Who wrote Jude?
Author
Jude (brother of Jesus)
Written
c. AD 70
Genre
Epistle
Brother of James. Quotes from 1 Enoch.
Why Jude was written
A brief but urgent letter calling believers to defend the true gospel against intruders who have turned God's grace into a licence for immorality and denied Christ.
Outline of Jude
- 11–4: The occasion — false teachers have crept in
- 25–16: Historical examples of judgment on apostasy
- 317–23: How to stand firm; mercy toward the wavering
- 424–25: The great doxology
Key verses
Jude 1:3Jude 1:24-25
How Jude points to Christ
Jude closes with one of the NT's greatest doxologies — 'To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory… to the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord.'
How Jude begins
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:
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