Jude (KJV) - 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 publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; (Matt. 10:3)

Lebbeus, Thaddeus.

Mark 3:18• ¹⁸And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, (Mark 3:18)

Thaddeus.

Luke 6:16• ¹⁶And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. (Luke 6:16)

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

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Acts 1:13• ¹³And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. (Acts 1:13)

the servant.

John 12:26• ²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. (John 12:26)

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

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Rom. 1:1• ¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Rom. 1:1)

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Rom. 6:22• ²²But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. (Rom. 6:22)

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

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James 1:1• ¹James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. (James 1:1)

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

them.

John 15:16• ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15:16)

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John 17:17,19• ¹⁷Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
¹⁹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. (John 17:17,19)

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1 Cor. 1:2• ²Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: (1 Cor. 1:2)

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1 Cor. 6:11• ¹¹And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are 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• ²⁶That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, (Eph. 5:26)

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1 Thess. 5:23• ²³And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto 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, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

preserved.

John 6:39• ³⁹And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. (John 6:39)

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John 10:28‑30• ²⁸And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
²⁹My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
³⁰I and my Father are one. (John 10:28‑30)

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John 17:11‑12,15• ¹¹And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
¹²While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. (John 17:11‑12,15)

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2 Tim. 4:18• ¹⁸And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)

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

and called.

Rom. 8:30• ³⁰Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom. 8:30)

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Rom. 9:24• ²⁴Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Rom. 9:24)

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1 Thess. 2:12• ¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴Whereunto he called you by our gospel, 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 hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (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 profession, Christ Jesus; (Heb. 3:1)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)

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1 Peter 5:10• ¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. (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!