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Jude

New Testament · translated from the Greek

An urgent call to contend for the faith once for all handed down to the saints, against those who turn the grace of God into debauchery. It ends with praise to God, who is able to keep them from stumbling.

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How it is laid out

  1. Contending for the faithchapter 1

Key verses

  • Jude 1:3 — Contend for the faith once for all handed down to the saints
  • Jude 1:24 — To the one who is able to keep you from stumbling

Who wrote it

Judas, a slave of Jesus the Messiah and brother of James (1:1). Tradition identifies him with Judas, one of the brothers of Jesus (Matthew 13:55). Its authorship is debated.

When it was written

Debated: probably AD 60–90.

For whom, and in what situation

"Those who are called, loved in God the Father" (1:1), in a assembly where some had slipped in who turned the grace of God into debauchery and denied the Lord (1:4).

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