Jude 1:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ - If the view taken in the Introduction to the Epistle is correct, Jude sustained a near relation to the Lord Jesus, being, as James was, “the Lord’s brother,”...

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• Jude 1:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and (a) brother of James, to them that are sanctified (b) by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called: (a) This is to distinguish between him an...

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• Jude 1:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The author had intended to write them a pastoral letter, but circumstances have made it necessary for him to write in a different strain and to exhort them to contend earnestly for the faith. These c...

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• Jude 1:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Jude . See Introductory Notes. the . a. servant . App-190. Jesus Christ . App-98. James . See James 1:1 . sanctified . All the texts and the Syriac read "beloved" (App-135.) by . in. Ap...

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• Jude 1:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Jude the servant of Jesus Christ. He calls himself the servant of Christ, not as the name applies to all the godly, but with respect to his apostleship; for they were deemed peculiarly the...

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• Jude 1:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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, the servant of Jesus Christ - Probably Jude...

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• Jude 1:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And brother of James,— He might also have called himself the brother of our Lord, for he was nearly related to the Lord Jesus Christ, according to the flesh; but though the evangelists have given...

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• Jude 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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: Servant of Jesus Christ - as His minister an...

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• Jude 1:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  I. Judges 1:1 ; Judges 1:2 . Greeting. II. Judges 1:3-16 . The ungodly men. ( a ) 3, 4, 'I was writing a pastoral letter to you when the news that certain ungodly men have crept in obliged me to...

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• Jude 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (1, 2) Address and greeting. (1) Jude. — As to the Jade who here addresses us see Introduction, I. The servant of Jesus Christ. — Better, a servant of Jesus Christ. There is nothing to show...

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• Jude 1:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Contend Earnestly for the Faith” Jude 1:1-11 Kept is the keynote of this Epistle. It occurs in Jude 1:1 ; Jude 1:6 ; Jude 1:21 , and in another form in Jude 1:24 . Many evil doctrines and...

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• Jude 1:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The subject of this epistle is apostasy. Apostasy is shown to be wilful return to ungodliness. Two classes are dealt with: those who "kept not," and are therefore "kept"; and those who "keep themselv...

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• Jude 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chap...

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• Jude 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ ,.... The author of this epistle is the same who is elsewhere called Judas, Luke 6:16 , who was one of the twelve apostles of Christ, whose name was also Lebbaeus,...

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• Jude 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ The highest glory which any, either man or angel, can aspire to. The word servant , under the old covenant, was adapted to the spirit of fear and bondage, which c...

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• Jude 1:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  This last of the epistles shows sadly the last state of the public testimony of the church on earth; not one of dignity or victory, but of corruption, defeat, apostasy. It cuts out by the roots all g...

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• Jude 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Apostolic Benediction. A. D.  66.       1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to...

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• Jude 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  JUDE CHAPTER 1 Judges 1:1-3 After a general address, Jude exhorteth Christians to constancy in the received faith. Judges 1:4-19 He foretelleth the punishment of certain false teachers...

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• Jude 1:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Introductory Greeting. ‘Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called ones, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.' Jude writes as a servant of Jes...

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• Jude 1:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE ENEMIES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Jude 1:1 . The servant .—Better, “a servant.” As he does not call himself an apostle, we cannot, without adequate reason assig...

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• Jude 1:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  preserved Assurance is the believer's full conviction that, through the work of Christ alone, received by faith, he is in possession of a salvation in which he will be eternally kept. And this...

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• Jude 1:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Jude 1:1-2 . 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: mercy unto you, and peace, and love,...

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• Jude 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  THE gleanings of the church respecting St. Jude are few. Du Pin, who spent his life in ecclesiastical studies, says, he had the surname of Lebbeus and Thaddeus, was brother of James the less, and is...

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• Jude 1:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Jude … to them that are sanctified. The apostolic benediction I. The apostolic benediction. St. Jude has given the blessing in a fuller form than any of his brethren, superadding the benefits o...

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• Jude 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Jude 1:1 , Jude 1:2 INSCRIPTION DESCRIPTIVE OF WRITER AND READERS , AND CONVEYING SALUTATION . Jude 1:1 Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brothe...

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• Jude 1:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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:

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• Jude 1:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:2 ; 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 1 Peter 1:2 ; 1 Peter 1:5 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 2 Peter 1:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thess...

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• Jude 1:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ — The highest glory which any, either angel or man, can aspire to. The word servant, under the old covenant, was adapted to the spirit of fear and bondage that clave...

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