Jude 1:24

Now. In concluding his letter Jude turns from the false teachers and their prototypes and directs his readers’ attention to the ineffable glory of the Lord. This doxology closely parallels that of Rom. 16:25–27 (see comment there).

Unto him that is able. The same Greek words are translated “to him that is of power” in Rom. 16:25 (see comment there and on Eph. 3:20).

Keep you. A vivid picture of the Lord’s constant care for His children.

From falling. The one who accepts God’s guardianship can live above sin (cf. on 1 John 3:6, 9).

To present. The climax of God’s keeping comes when the believer stands without fear in the divine presence, on the day of judgment (cf. on 1 John 2:28). By the enabling grace of Christ the Christian lives with a confident belief in God’s power to keep him from falling into sin and to enable him, eventually, to stand spotless and unashamed in the divine presence.

Faultless. Gr. amōmoi (see on Eph. 1:4).

Presence of his glory. The final test of sinlessness is the ability to stand before God who dwells “in the light which no man can approach unto” (1 Tim. 6:16). It is the purpose of the gospel to make men ready for that experience (Col. 1:22). For comment on “glory” (doxa) see on John 1:14; Rom. 3:23.

Exceeding joy. That is, joy so great as to be beyond human words to express. The mind fails in any attempt to describe the joy that will fill the believer’s heart when he at last stands before the throne of God.