Jude (KJV)
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About the Book of Jude
Jude urgently calls believers to contend for the faith against ungodly teachers who distort grace and reject authority. It warns of judgment while exhorting the church to persevere in faith, prayer, and God's love.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to Jude, the brother of James
- First audience
- Believers threatened by false teachers
How to read it: Read with its urgent occasion in mind; note its vivid warnings drawn from earlier examples and its closing call to keep oneself in God's love.
It opens: “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 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Jude
The verses of Jude that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
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,
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,