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Verse Jude 1:24. _NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING_]
Who alone can preserve you from the contagion of sin, and preserve you
from falling into any kind of error that might be prejudic...
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NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING - This ascription
to one who was able to keep them from falling is made in view of the
facts adverted to in the Epistle - the dangers of being led aw...
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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...
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Unto him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand
blameless and exultant in the presence of his glory, to the only God,
our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty...
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
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KEEP. guard. Greek. _phulassso._ Compare John 17:12.
FROM FALLING. without falling. Greek. _aptaistos._ Only here. Compare
Romans 11:11 (stumble).
PRESENT. set, or make stand. See Acts 22:30.
fau
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_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...
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24, 25. The beautiful ending of the Epistle grows naturally out of the
preceding words. The thought of the fate that attends those who have
gone astray leads to a prayer that the faithful may be prese...
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NOW UNTO HIM, &C.— "Now, to conclude with a solemn doxology, which
belongs, as to all the Persons in the adorable Godhead, so
particularly to our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we have been speaking of
under...
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_CONCLUSION: A BELIEVER GUARDED SECURELY IN THE STATE OF HIS CHOICE_
Jude 1:24-25
_Text_
24.
Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you
before the presence of his glory...
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Concluding doxology.
NOW - `But.'
YOU. So 'Aleph (') C, Vul...
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VERSE 24. NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE.
That is, unto God. To him is this doxology addressed. God only is
capable of so guarding our footsteps that we neither stumble nor fall.
The Christian life is, met...
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FALLING] RV 'stumbling': cp. Romans 11:11; 1 Peter 2:8. FAULTLESS] RV
'without blemish': cp. Ephesians 1:4 (RV); Colossians 1:22; (RV)...
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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...
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Most of Jude’s letter has been about the wicked behaviour of evil
people. And about the danger that such people are to true believers.
But now Jude ends his letter on a much happier subject. He remin...
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(24, 25) Concluding Doxology.
(24) NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE. — Comp. the conclusion Romans 16:25.
It would be rash to infer from the similarity that St. Jude must have
known the Epistle to the Romans...
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CHAPTER 38
THE FINAL DOXOLOGY: PRAISE TO GOD, THE PROTECTOR OF HIS SERVANTS.
Jude 1:24
FROM his severe and somber warnings and exhortations St. Jude turns in
joyous and exulting confidence to Him wh...
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τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ φυλάξαι ὑμᾶς
ἀπταίστους. Apparently a reminiscence [801] of Romans 16:25
f., τῷ δὲδυναμένῳ ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι …
μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ
ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώ, ων.
Similar...
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_Final Benediction and Ascription_. I have bidden you to keep
yourselves in the love of God; I have warned you against all impiety
and impurity. But do not think that you can attain to the one, or
gua...
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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...
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ASSURANCE FOR THE CHRISTIAN
Jude closed his book with a prayer. It was directed to Jesus, our
protector. He can keep one from stumbling, which will, in turn, keep
him from falling. One who avoids fall...
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(14) Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to
present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with
exceeding joy,
(14) He commends them to the grace of God, declaring suffi...
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Now to him, &c. St. Jude concludes his epistle with this doxology of
praising God, and praying to the only God, our Saviour, which may
either signify God the Father, or God as equally agreeing to all...
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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...
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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...
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_ABLE TO KEEP AND TO SAVE_
‘Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to
the only wise God our Saviour, be...
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24_Now unto him that is able to keep you_. He closes the Epistle with
praise to God; by which he shews that our exhortations and labors can
do nothing except through the power of God accompanying them...
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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...
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NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING,.... The people of
God are liable to falling into temptation, into sin, into errors and
mistakes, from an exercise of grace, or from a degree of stea...
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_Now unto him who_ alone _is able to keep you from falling_ Into any
of these errors or sins, or _from stumbling_, as απταιστους
literally signifies, rugged and dangerous as the ways of life are, and...
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Concluding doxology:...
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NOW UNTO HIM THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING AND TO PRESENT YOU
FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY,...
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24,25 God is able, and as willing as able, to keep us from falling,
and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as
those who never have been faulty, but as those who, but for Go...
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_Able to keep you from falling; _ from stumbling in your spiritual
course, and so able to make you persevere to the end. _Before the
presence of his glory; _ or, his glorious presence, i.e. before
him...
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Jude 1:24 Now G1161 able G1410 (G5740) keep G5442 (G5658) you G5209
(G5625) G846 stumbling...
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THE FINAL ASSURANCE (JUDE 1:24).
Jude closes his letter with an assurance to all true believers that
they need not fear what the future may hold, because in the face of
all that they are dealing with...
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Jude 1:24-25. Exhortations to keep themselves in the love of God are
fitly followed by a doxology which reminds them that the power and
grace are from Him who alone can keep them. NOW TO HIM THAT IS A...
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FROM STUMBLING
(απταιστους). Verbal from πταιω, to stumble (James 3:2;
2 Peter 1:10), sure-footed as of a horse that does not stumble
(Xenophon), and so of a good man (Epictetus, Marcus Antoninus)....
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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...
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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...
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TO HIM. To God our Father. WHO IS ABLE. "To give you courage to _run
the full distance in the faith,_ and to show you God's promise, I tell
you He is able to keep you from falling into error or sin!...
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THE GREAT KEEPER
Him that is able to keep you from falling. Jude 1:24 (AV).
Our text is at the end of one of the gloomiest books in the Bible. We
know little about the writer of it, but he must have...
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JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:17 Concluding Exhortations. Jude stresses the
proper response of believers to false teachers.
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JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:24 God has the power TO KEEP from STUMBLING
those who have put their faith in him. By “stumbling” Jude means
falling into sin or error. If such behavior continues it will
eventuall...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
Jude 1:24. ABLE TO KEEP YOU.—Whatever may be said about your
self-efforts, the supreme truth is that God can keep, and your supreme
hope should rest on the assurance t...
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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...
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1 Peter 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2
Corinthians 11:2;...
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To keep you from falling [φ υ λ α ξ α ι υ μ α ς α π τ α
ι σ τ ο υ ς]. Lit., " to keep you without stumbling. Only here
in New Testament. See the kindred word offend. Rev., stumble, James
2:10; James 3...
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Now to him who alone is able to keep them from falling — Into any of
these errors or sins. And to present them faultless in the presence of
his glory — That is, in his own presence, when he shall be r...
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Observe here, 1. How our apostle shuts up his exhortation with prayer;
having exhorted them to duty, he commends them to the divine grace,
intimating, that the fruit of all must be expected from God,...