Jude (JND) - Bible Truth Library

20-25: whereas the godly, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, may persevere, and grow in grace, and keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers.

A. D. 66.

A. M. 4070.Jude.

Matt. 10:3• ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus; (Matt. 10:3)

Lebbeus, Thaddeus.

Mark 3:18• ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, (Mark 3:18)

Thaddeus.

Luke 6:16• ¹⁶and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also his betrayer; (Luke 6:16)

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John 14:22• ²²Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world? (John 14:22)

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Acts 1:13• ¹³And when they were come into the city, they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James. (Acts 1:13)

the servant.

John 12:26• ²⁶If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour. (John 12:26)

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Acts 27:23• ²³For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night, (Acts 27:23)

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings, (Rom. 1:1)

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Rom. 6:22• ²²But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life. (Rom. 6:22)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Rom. 16:18)

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James 1:1• ¹James, bondman of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the dispersion, greeting. (James 1:1)

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2 Peter 1:1• ¹Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)

them.

John 15:16• ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:16)

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John 17:17,19• ¹⁷Sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.
¹⁹and I sanctify myself for them, that they also may be sanctified by truth. (John 17:17,19)

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Acts 20:32• ³²And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give to you an inheritance among all the sanctified. (Acts 20:32)

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1 Cor. 1:2• ²to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both theirs and ours: (1 Cor. 1:2)

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1 Cor. 6:11• ¹¹And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:11)

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Eph. 5:26• ²⁶in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word, (Eph. 5:26)

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1 Thess. 5:23• ²³Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly: and your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23)

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1 Peter 1:2• ²elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

preserved.

John 6:39• ³⁹And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day. (John 6:39)

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John 10:28‑30• ²⁸and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
²⁹My Father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
³⁰I and the Father are one. (John 10:28‑30)

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John 17:11‑12,15• ¹¹And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we.
¹²When I was with them I kept them in thy name; those thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
¹⁵I do not demand that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them out of evil. (John 17:11‑12,15)

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2 Tim. 4:18• ¹⁸The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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1 Peter 1:5• ⁵who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)

and called.

Rom. 8:30• ³⁰But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified. (Rom. 8:30)

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Rom. 9:24• ²⁴us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst the Jews, but also from amongst the nations? (Rom. 9:24)

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1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Heb. 3:1• ¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, (Heb. 3:1)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: (1 Peter 5:10)

• {preserved} The whole passage in Jude is like an answer to the prayer of the blessed Lord in John 17 "Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are." (“Reflections on the Epistle of Jude: Part 1”)

• {beloved} The assurance of being "beloved in God the Father," or "by God the Father," comes into special value…he is looking at them as having gone through a sea of trouble and difficulty, and he is preparing them for worse still. He as it were says, things are not going to get better but worse, and it is to end in the actual appearing of the Lord in judgment (“Jude 1” by W. Kelly)

• {preserved} The Apostle speaks with a view to the forsaking by many of the holy faith; he addresses those who were kept. (“JUDE” by J.N. Darby)

• That which is peculiarly striking in the Epistle of Jude is that he pursues the corruption of the assembly from the creeping in of some unawares on to its final judgment, showing withal that it is not arrested but passes through its various phases to that day. (“JUDE” by J.N. Darby)

• {called} We cannot too often recall the fact that it was God's call that made us saints, and that we are consequently not called to be saints, but saints by divine calling. (article #86561)

• {beloved} Jude thus sets the saints in the immediate presence of God, teaches them that they are the objects of His heart. (article #86561)

• {preserved} Secondly, they are preserved in Christ Jesus. The ground, and possibly the means, of their security are thus stated; and it should never be forgotten that if we are kept, preserved in the midst of all the dangers which surround us, and of all the snares and temptations of the evil one, it is only in and through Jesus Christ. (article #86561)

J. N. Darby Translation

Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God the Father and preserved inc Jesus Christ:

JND Translation Notes

Or, possibly, "by."

W. Kelly Translation

Judea, servantb of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, belovedc in God the Fatherd, and preserved bye Jesus Christ:

WK Translation Notes

The American Revisers like the KJV read "Jude" for "Judas," adding in the margin Gr. Judas. Such variety in English seems undesirable. The Revisers, seem to me fully justified in giving "Judas," save in citations from the Old Testament where they perpetuate the Hebrew form.

The Revisers fail to deal with anarthrous description, which they have represented correctly in the second member, not in the first. Was it not as easy to have said, "servant of Jesus Christ," as "brother of James"? The word "a" is uncalled for in either case. See note to {vi 30376}{/vi}.

The word "sanctified" may be correct in itself, but the word here should be, "to those that are called, beloved," etc. You observe that the word "called" (in the original Greek) occurs at the end of the verse. This word "called" is very emphatic. Then he describes them in two different ways. First, here, in the KJV, it is "sanctified," but as now generally accepted by those who have studied the text fully, it is "beloved in God the Father" (ēgapēmenois "beloved" in the best MSS. and in all the ancient versions, other MSS. have ēgiasmenois "sanctified"). Also, "in" is very often equivalent to (indeed, it is a stronger expression than) "by." But I now give it literally, "beloved in God the Father." I confess myself that not only is this reading the most ancient, the best approved by the highest witnesses that God has given to us of His word, but it is beautifully appropriate to the Epistle.

Or, [the] Father.

Or, "for." It is not exactly "preserved in." It may be "by" or "for." These are the two alternatives for that word. I do not see how it can be "in"; so that you see it little differs from what we read here. It brings in another idea, and it is perfectly true either way. We are preserved by Christ, and we are preserved for Christ. I have not made up my mind which of the two in this instance is right, because they cannot both be the intention of the Spirit of God. One must be right rather than the other, but I cannot say that my judgment is yet formed as to the choice of these two prepositions, whether it should be "preserved for Jesus Christ," or "by" Jesus Christ, He being the great One that does keep us. But in either case, how beautifully it is suited to a time of extra danger, and of danger too that he was not warranted to say would pass!