Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991.) Exposure & Examples of the False Teachers. For where there is the subjection of faith, there obedience towards God necessarily appears in all the duties of life.. 57: 2 & 3 John & Jude. They not only enjoyed the glorious light of God, but his brightness shone forth in them, so that from them, as by rays, it spread over all parts of the universe; now they are sunk in darkness. Jude 1:5-16. Now, the meaning is, that after having; been called by God, we ought not to glory carelessly in his grace, but on the contrary, to walk watchfully in his fear; for if any trifles thus with God, the contempt of his grace will not be unpunished. Verse(s) 1-2 3-4 5-7 8-10 11-13 14-16 17-19 20-25 5. Jude 1:17-23.

Therefore, there was a lot of pressure to change the text of the Bible to read in a Trinitarian fashion. He will not then forgive our perfidy, if we depart from the grace unto which he has called us. Jude begins this passage by comparing the evil men with the false prophets whom Scripture condemns. Their Doom (Jude 1:5-7) Their Denunciation (Jude 1:8-10) Their Description (Jude 1:11-16) Believer's Defense Against False Teachers. It is also possible that the change was made on purpose. And this he proves by three examples. Nearly the same reference is made by Paul in the tenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. This punishment, inflicted on the inhabitants of heaven, and on such superior ministers of God, ought surely to be constantly before our eyes, so that we may at no time be led to despise God's grace, and thus rush headlong into destruction. Jude 1:5 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Jude 1:5, NIV: "Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe." The danger that prompted Jude to write this letter. Exhortation to the Beloved in God. Jude speaks of the angels who sinned, who are now imprisoned and awaiting a future day of judgment. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation; Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus; Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.). It is no objection that the pronoun is masculine; for Jude refers to the inhabitants and not to the places. This is an argument from the greater to the less; for the state of angels is higher than ours; and yet God punished their defection in a dreadful manner. Jude 1:24-25: Salutation & Purpose. Also, Jude nowhere else calls Jesus Christ by the singular name of “Jesus,” as Jude 1:5 does in some Greek texts, but always refers to him as “Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:1, 4, 17, 21). Also, Jude nowhere else calls Jesus Christ by the singular name of “Jesus,” as Jude 1:5 does in some Greek texts, but always refers to him as “Jesus Christ” (Jude 1:1, 4, 17, 21). All this is good evidence that Jude did not originally read “Jesus” in verse 5. Hence it is that it is so often mentioned in Scripture; nay, whenever the prophets wished to designate some memorable and dreadful judgment of God, they painted it under the figure of sulfurous fire, and alluded to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha. Jude 1:6. And the angels which kept not their first estate — Or, as the clause may be rendered, their first dignity, or principality, (see on 2 Peter 2:4,) namely, the dignity or principality assigned them; but left their own habitation — Properly their own by the free gift of God. HCSB, KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, and YLT), while the ESV and NET read, “Jesus.” The RSV says, “he,” apparently following a conjecture of F. J. i. This example is more general, for he testifies that God, excepting none of mankind, punishes without any difference all the ungodly. , or, remind you. “It is not too much to say that the New Testament no where else presents so many strange phenomenon, or raises so many curious questions within so narrow a space.” (Salmond, Pulpit Commentary) b. For Jude intimates that they suffered punishment, because they had despised the goodness of God and deserted their first vocation.