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Jude 1:20

JUDE—NOTE ON Jude 1:20 praying in the Holy Spirit. That is, praying in harmony with the leading of the Holy Spirit, rather than according to one’s own agenda (see Romans 8:26; Ephesians 6:18). The context here is different from the speaking in tongues described in 1 Corinthians 14:14.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jude 1:20. _BUILDING UP YOURSELVES_] Having the most _holy_ _faith-the Gospel of our Lord Jesus_, and the _writings_ of his _apostles_, for your foundation; founding all your expectations on the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT YE, BELOVED, BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH - Compare the notes at Jude 1:3. On the word “building,” see the 1 Corinthians 3:9 notes; Ephesians 2:20 note. It is said here that th

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    These false brethren make divisions among you, but do you build up yourselves by means of your most holy faith. As regards them, show mercy towards those who are in doubt; save others, snatching them...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    But you, beloved, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith; you must pray in the Holy Spirit; you must keep yourselves in the love of God; while you wait for the mercy of our...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BUILDING UP. See Acts 20:32. FAITH App-150.; i.e. the object of faith Compare 1 Corinthians 3:11. PRAYING. App-134. HOLY GHOST. holy spirit. App-101....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _building up yourselves on your most holy faith_ Both the adjective, which is nowhere used of faith in its subjective sense, and St Jude's use of the substantive in Jude 1:3, lead us to take "faith" i...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΠΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ … ΠΊΣΤΕΙ. Polycarp’s letter to the Philippians (iii. 2) seems to contain a reminiscence of this (Bigg and Mayor). “If you study the epistles of the blessed Apostle Paul, δυνηθήσεσθε ο...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΠΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΠΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΈΩ (G2026) строить, воздвигать. Part, может обозначать средство или образ действия по отношению к соблюдению себя, выражает одновременность, ΆΓΙΩΤΆΤΗ _...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT YE, BELOVED, &C.— The false teachers corrupted the faith, _turned the grace of God into lasciviousness,_ and would have made parties, tearing in pieces the church of God. The Christians, therefore...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A BELIEVER WHO GUARDS HIMSELF BY BUILDING UP A GROWING FAITH_ Jude 1:20-23 _Text_ 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21. keep yours...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Resuming . BUILDING UP YOURSELVES - opposite to "separate themselves" (); as "in the Holy Spirit" is op...

  • Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton

    VERSE 20. BUT YE, BELOVED, BUILDING UP. The apostle now turns to the brethren in earnest exhortation: You are built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ; you are a part of his spiritual edifice, the te...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Jude’s readers are his ‘*dear friends’. The *Greek word means ‘those people whom God loves’. All true believers share the same *spiritual relationship with God. • The Bible meaning of ‘holy’ is ‘set...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (20, 21) Exhortation to strengthen themselves in the faith by prayer, godliness, and hope. (20) BUT YE, BELOVED. — Exactly as in Jude 1:17 : “ye” in emphatic contrast to these sensuous and unspiritual...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 37 THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO KORAH; MAKING SEPARATIONS-EXHORTATION TO THE FAITHFUL TO BUILD UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN RESCUE OTHERS. Jude 1:19. FOR the third and last time St. Jude poi...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Final Charge to the Faithful_. Use all diligence to escape this danger. Make the most of the privileges vouchsafed to you. Build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by prayer...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ὑμεῖς δὲ, ἀγαπητοί. Contrasted with the libertines, as in Jude 1:17. ἐποικοδομοῦντες ἐαυτοὺς τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει. For the spiritual temple, _cf._ 1 Peter 2:3-5; Colossians 1:23;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BEWARE OF THE TOUCH OF THE UNGODLY Jude 1:12 What traps and pitfalls beset us! How many have fallen who had as good or a better chance than we! The angels kept not their first estate; Adam, though cr...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    THE BELIEVER AND THE FAITH In contrast to the ungodly, the faithful were to build upon their faith and pray in the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26; Ephesians 6:18). The idea of building on the f...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Building yourselves. That is, raising by your actions a spiritual building, founded 1. upon faith; 2. on the love of God; 3. upon hope, whilst you are awaiting for the mercies of God, and the reward...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. The Apostle here enters upon the subject of the Church, in pointing out her safety in Christ, amids...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._But ye, beloved_. He shews the manner in which they could overcome all the devices of Satan, that is, by having love connected with faith, and by standing on their guard as it were in their watch-...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT YE, BELOVED,.... Judges 1:17; BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH; some copies, and the Complutensian edition, read, "our most holy faith"; meaning the doctrine of faith in all its bra...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But ye, beloved_ Not separating yourselves from your Christian brethren, but _building up_ Or edifying one another in knowledge and grace; _on_, or _in, your most holy faith_ The true Christian faith...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT YE, BELOVED, BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    An admonition to holy steadfastness:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-23 Sensual men separate from Christ, and his church, and join themselves to the devil, the world, and the flesh, by ungodly and sinful practices. That is infinitely worse than to separate from any...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    _Building up yourselves; _ he compares them to a house, which is to be built up, whereof faith is the foundation: the same metaphor is used, 1 CORINTHIANS 4:9 EPHESIANS 2:20 1 PETER 2:5. _Most holy; _...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jude 1:20 But G1161 you G5210 beloved G27 building G2026 yourselves G1438 up G2026 (G5723) your G5216 holy...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.' Ju...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HAVING EXPOSED THE UNGODLY JUDE NOW TURNS TO THE GODLY AND SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND GIVE THEM GUIDANCE (JUDE 1:17). He first reminds God's true people that what is happening is in full accord with...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Jude 1:20-21. BUT YE (strongly emphatic), BELOVED, as against those dividers of the Church who are pulling it down stone by stone, EVER BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE H...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    BUILDING UP (εποικοδομουντες). Present active participle of εποικοδομεω, old compound with metaphor of a house (οικος), common in Paul (1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Colossians 2:7; Ephesians 2:20).On your...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Jude 1:20 I. Prayer is the Divinely appointed means of obtaining all the promised blessings needful for our spiritual and eternal welfare. This truth is quite clear to the student of Scripture. The li...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    BUT YOU, MY FRIENDS. "You, who do have the Spirit (Acts 5:32), by your conduct and by encouraging one another, must continue to build yourselves up on the foundation of your most sacred faith (the Goo...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:20.—This gives positive teaching. It answers the question, What can sincere and earnest believers do to guard themselves from the insidious influence of evil men...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 10:23; 1 Corinthians 14:15; 1 Corinthians 14:26;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But ye, beloved, not separating, but building yourselves up in your most holy faith — Than which none can be more holy in itself, or more conducive to the most refined and exalted holiness. Praying th...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our aostle having, in the former part of this chapter, warned the Christians of the danger of seducers, he closes his epistle with directions and advice how they may be preserved from seduction, and w...

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