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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude 1:3 — KJV
Beloved. This is a common form of address in the general epistles (cf. 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 3:1; 1 John 3:2; etc.).
Diligence. Gr. spoudē (see on Rom. 12:8, 11; cf. on 2 Peter 1:5). Jude shares with the readers the actual situation that obtained when he came to write the letter.
The common salvation. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the reading “our common salvation,” that is, the salvation we share in common. It was Jude’s original intention to write a general pastoral letter, but it appears that disturbing news reached him concerning the disruptive activities of “ungodly men” (v. 4) and led him to abandon his original design in favor of a vigorous attack on the troublemakers and an earnest exhortation to the believers.
It was needful. Literally, “I had necessity,” implying a sudden urgency that led Jude to change his plan and prevented him from preparing his intended epistle in a leisurely manner.
Exhort. Gr. parakaleō (see on Matt. 5:4).
Earnestly contend. Gr. epagōnizomai, a strengthened form of the verb agōnizomai (see on Luke 13:24).
The faith. That is, the complete body of Christian teaching (see on Acts 6:7; Rom. 1:5).
Once delivered. Rather, “once for all delivered.” For comment on “delivered” see on 2 Peter 2:21.
Saints. See on Rom. 1:7. Jude wanted his readers to hold fast to the original form of Christian doctrine as it had been delivered to the church by Jesus and apostles.
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