The Book of Jude
Jude is a brief but bracing letter, written by a brother of James and servant of Jesus Christ to people he simply calls “beloved.” He had meant to write about their common salvation, but danger forced his pen in another direction: certain ungodly men had crept in unnoticed, twisting grace into a license to sin and denying the Lord who bought them. So Jude pleads with the church to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. He warns by example, recalling Israel in the wilderness, the fallen angels, Sodom, Cain, Balaam, and Korah, and he calls believers to build themselves up in faith, pray in the Spirit, keep in God's love, and show mercy to the wavering. The letter closes with one of Scripture's grandest doxologies, lifting our eyes to the God who is able to keep us from stumbling and present us faultless before his glory.
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Whole-Book Overview
See the whole of Jude in one view: an urgent warning against false teachers who crept in, a call to contend for the faith and build one another up, and a closing doxology to the God who keeps his people from stumbling.
Open overview → Chapter 1Contend for the Faith
Jude urges the beloved to defend the faith against ungodly intruders, warns by examples of judgment, and ends in soaring praise to the God who keeps us.
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Gather a group, work through a chapter at a time, and journey through Jude together. Invite a friend to join you.