But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
But, beloved - in contrast to those reprobates, Jude 1:20, again.
Remember. His readers had been contemporaries of the apostles: for Peter uses the same formula in reminding the contemporaries of himself and the other apostles.
Spoken before - already before now.
The apostles - Peter (notes, 2 Peter 3:2-3), and Paul before Peter (Acts 20:29; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 3:1). Jude includes himself among the apostles; for in Jude 1:18 he says, "they told YOU," not us х elegon (G3004)], 'used to tell you.' Jude's readers were contemporaries of the apostles who used to tell them.