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A wide, empty wilderness plain at first light, a single worn track crossing it toward a strip of sea on the horizon.

The Book of

Jude Intro

A short, urgent letter: hold on to the faith, and be held by God.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min1 chapters

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Who wrote it

Jude

Brother of James

  • He calls himself “a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.”Jude 1:1
  • Traditionally one of the Lord’s brothers, the Judas named in the Gospels, though some scholars doubt it.Mark 6:3
  • The Lord’s brothers did not believe at first; after the resurrection they prayed with the church.Acts 1:14
  • Date and first readers are not known; it is often placed in the AD 60s.Date uncertain

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How it’s built

A warning, held by God’s keeping

Greeting1–2 · called, lovedand keptContend for thefaith3–4 · intruders havecrept inWarnings fromthe past5–16 · Israel, Sodom,Cain, KorahBut you,beloved17–23 · build up,pray, show mercyTo the God whokeeps24–25 · the doxology

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Twenty-five verses: a sober warning in the middle, with God’s keeping at the start and the end.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Watch for

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Jude 1:24–25

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