Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling Better, able to keep you from stumbling. See note on the difference between "stumbling" and "falling," on 2 Peter 1:10. The form of the concluding doxology is determined naturally by the thoughts that have led up to it. The writer had been dwelling on the various ways in which men had stumbled and fallen. He now directs their thoughts to God as alone able to preserve them from a like disastrous issue.

to present you faultless before the presence of his glory The adjective is a favourite one with St Paul (Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 5:27; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:22) as describing the character of believers. In Hebrews 9:14 and 1 Peter 1:19 it is used of the stainless purity of Christ. The "glory" spoken of is that which is to be manifested at the coming of Christ "in his own glory, and that of the Father, and of the Holy Angels" (Luke 9:26). Comp. also Titus 2:13.

with exceeding joy Both adjective and substantive are expressed in Greek by the one word for "exulting joy" in Luke 1:14; Luke 1:44; Acts 2:46.