Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Wherefore, forsaking the vanity of many, and their false doctrines, let us return to the word which has been handed down to us from[44]
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
of the apostolical teaching and the most holy "faith delivered unto us,"[70]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII
leading from the beginning of knowledge to the end. But if one should suppose that another origin[165]
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Verse Jude 1:3. _WHEN I GAVE ALL DILIGENCE_] This phrase, πασαν σπουδηνποιουμενος, is a Grecism for being _exceedingly intent_ upon a subject; _taking it up seriously with determination to bring it_...
BELOVED - An expression of strong affection used by the apostles when addressing their brethren, Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1Co 15:5
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved...
The author had intended to write them a pastoral letter, but circumstances have made it necessary for him to write in a different strain and to exhort them to contend earnestly for the faith. These ci...
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
BELOVED. App-135. WHEN. GAVE. making. THE. The texts read "our". COMMON. Compare Titus 1:4. IT WAS NEEDFUL FOR ME. I had need. AND EXHORT. exhorting. App-134. THAT YE SHOULD. to. EARNESTLY CONTE...
_Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation_ More accurately, GIVING ALL DILIGENCE, as a present act connected with the time of writing. The word for "diligence," as...
ἈΓΑΠΗΤΟΊ recurs in 17, 20 and often in 2 Peter. It is also frequent in 1 John, but there a great many other forms of address are used as well. ΠΑ͂ΣΑΝ ΣΠΟΥΔῊΝ ΠΟΙΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ ΓΡΆΦΕΙΝ … ἈΝΆΓΚΗΝ ἜΣΧΟΝ ΓΡΆΨΑΙ....
ΣΠΟΥΔΉ (G4710) старание, усердие, усилие, попытка, ΠΟΙΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, совершать. Гл. используется с именем для придания ему вербального значения (М, 159). ΓΡΆΦΕΙ...
BELOVED, WHEN I GAVE ALL DILIGENCE, &C.— This verse, about the sense of which commentators have strangely disagreed, maybe thus paraphrased: "Beloved, when I was studiously thoughtful about, and earne...
_A BELIEVER WHO KEEPS HIMSELF BY CONTENDING FOR A GROWING FAITH_ Jude 1:3 _Text_ 3. Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write...
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 del...
VERSE 3. BELOVED, WHEN I GAVE ALL DILIGENCE TO WRITE UNTO YOU. Just what the apostle meant by giving all diligence may be gathered from some things subsequently mentioned. I take it that he desires t...
1 Jude's stress on human relationships is very strong, especially as James, his brother, gained the ascendancy among the Circumcision because of his physical relationship to the Lord. Even Peter and J...
WHEN I GAVE.. IT WAS NEEDFUL] RV 'while I was giving.. I was constrained': see Intro. Our (RV) common salvation is the result of Christ's work, which is a fact that nothing can alter, on which all ali...
FIGHT FOR THE *FAITH! JUDE _HILDA BRIGHT_ WHAT THIS LETTER IS ABOUT Jude wrote the letter to warn his readers against false teachers. These teachers claimed to be Christians. But they were being...
False teachers are trying to upset the *faith of Jude’s readers (see verse 4). So Jude is writing urgently to remind his readers to hold firmly to God. In particular, they need more of God’s love and...
(3, 4) The purpose and occasion of the Letter. (3) BELOVED. — “Very unusual at the beginning of an Epistle; Jude 1:2, is the only other example It indicates, possibly, the writer’s wish to be brief an...
CHAPTER 31 THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE-THE FAITH ONCE FOR ALL DELIVERED, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. Jude 1:3 THE Greek of the opening sentence of this passage, in which St. Jude expla...
ἀγαπητοί occurs in Jude 1:17; Jude 1:20, also in 2Pe 3:1; 2 Peter 3:8; 2 Peter 3:14; 2Pe 3:17,...
_Reasons for Writing_. He had been intending to write to them on that which is the common interest of all Christians, salvation through Christ, but was compelled to abandon his intention by news which...
“CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH” Jude 1:1 Kept is the keynote of this Epistle. It occurs in Jude 1:1; Jude 1:6; Jude 1:21, and in another form in...
THE BELIEVER AND THE FAITH Jude showed the feeling of warmth he had in connection with those to whom the epistle was addressed when he called them "beloved." Apparently, he had already been planning t...
(1) Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the (d) common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should (e) earnestly contend for the faith which...
Being very solicitous to discharge my duty of an apostle, in writing and instructing you in the common concern of your salvation, I judge it necessary at present to write this letter, to exhort you _t...
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 deli...
CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chapt...
_CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH_ ‘Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.’ Jude 1:3 The Apostle St. Jude, with an abruptness only equalled by the plainness and...
_IN DEFENCE OF THE FAITH_ ‘Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.’ Jude 1:3 It has become the fashion to deprecate controversy, but this Epistle shows us that the...
3._When I gave diligence_. I have rendered the words σπουδὴν ποιούμενος, “Applying care:” literally they are, “Making diligence.” But many interpreters explain the sentence in this sense, that a stron...
The Epistle of Jude develops the history of the apostasy of Christendom, from the earliest elements that crept into the assembly to corrupt it, down to its judgment at the appearing of our Lord, but a...
BELOVED, WHEN I GAVE ALL DILIGENCE TO WRITE UNTO YOU,.... The apostle calls the persons he writes unto "beloved"; as they were of God, and by him and other saints; and he signifies his diligence in wr...
_When I gave all diligence_ Or _made all haste_, as πασαν σπουδην ποιουμενος literally signifies, Jude being informed of the assiduity, and perhaps the success, with which the false teachers were spre...
An exhortation to constancy in faith:...
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 DELI...
1-4 Christians are called out of the world, from the evil spirit and temper of it; called above the world, to higher and better things, to heaven, things unseen and eternal; called from sin to Christ...
_When I gave all diligence to write unto you:_ the apostle here declares the first cause of his writing to them, viz. his own inclination and readiness, according to the duty of his place, (as an apos...
Jude 1:3 Beloved G27 diligent G4160 (G5734) G3956 G4710 write G1125 (G5721) you G5213 concerning...
JUDE'S REASON FOR WRITING (JUDE 1:3). Jude had seemingly intended to write a letter dealing with the question of ‘our common salvation', but apparently he had received news about the evil behaviour of...
‘Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered...
Jude 1:3. WHILST I WAS GIVING, OR USING, ALL DILIGENCE; either inwardly in purpose, finishing one work and postponing another; or outwardly in actually writing what was not finished (de Wette). The la...
BELOVED (αγαπητο). As in 3 John 1:2.ALL DILIGENCE (πασαν σπουδην). As in 2 Peter 1:5.OF OUR COMMON SALVATION (περ της κοινης ημων σωτηριας). See this use of κοινος (common to all) in Titus 1:4 w...
SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _ IT WAS NEEDFUL Literally, constraint was upon me, that is, of the Spirit....
CONTENTS: The apostasy and apostate teachers described. Assurance and comfort for true believers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jude, James, Michael, Moses, Cain, Balaam, Enoch, Adam. CONCLUS...
THE gleanings of the church respecting St. Jude are few. Du Pin, who spent his life in ecclesiastical studies, says, he had the surname of Lebbeus and Thaddeus, was brother of James the less, and is c...
MY DEAR FRIENDS. Jude stresses the common love which molds them into _one fellowship_ in Christ! I WAS. Jude's first intention was to write to them (as an "apostle of circumcision") about the salvatio...
_Beloved._ MINISTERIAL COURTESY AND LOVE 1 Piety is no enemy to courtesy. 2. The work and labour of a minister should proceed from love to his people. 3. People should study to be fit for the love...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:3 Jude’s Appeal: Contend for the Faith. Jude urges his readers to stand for the faith against the false teachers. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:3. COMMON SALVATION.—It does not immediately appear why he uses this epithet “common.” He may only mean, “this salvation which is a matter of common interest to...
Shall we go to the general epistle of Jude. Jude introduces himself as... A servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James (Jude 1:1), The word servant in Greek is doulos, bondslave of Jesus Christ. B...
1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Peter 5:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Timothy 1:18;...
Beloved. Occurring at the beginning of an epistle only here and 3 John 1:2. When I gave all diligence [π α σ α ν σ π ο υ δ η ν π ο ι ο υ μ ε ν ο ς]. Lit., making all diligence; the phrase found only h...
When I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation — Designed for all, and enjoyed by all believers. Here the design of the epistle is expressed; the end of which exactly answers the be...
Observe here, 1. courteous and loving compellation, BELOVED; people should study to render themselves fit objects of their pastor's love. Observe, 2. How his love towards them put upon writing to them...