Jude's urgent call to contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.
Key themes: contend for faith, false teachers, judgment, doxology.
| Author | Jude, brother of James (and therefore brother of Jesus) |
|---|---|
| Date Written | c. AD 65–80 |
| Original Audience | The universal church |
Jude is a brief but fiery letter — 25 verses of urgent warning against false teachers who have 'crept in unnoticed' and are turning God's grace into a license for immorality. Jude draws on Old Testament examples (the exodus generation, Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain, Balaam, Korah) and the apocryphal books of 1 Enoch and the Assumption of Moses to paint a vivid picture of the judgment awaiting false teachers. The letter's purpose, stated in verse 3, is a call to militancy: 'I urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people.' Yet Jude ends not in fear but in one of the most magnificent doxologies in the entire Bible (verses 24-25): 'To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.'
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