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VER. JUDE 1:4 despo,thn {A}
Since despo,thj was sometimes used by Greek writers to refer to God
(in the New Testament at Luke 2:29;...
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Verse Jude 1:4. _FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES_]
παρεισεδυσαν. They had got into the Church under
_specious_ _pretences_; and, when in, began to sow their bad seed.
_BEFORE OF OLD ORDA...
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FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES - The apostle now gives
“reason” for thus defending the truth, to wit, that there were
artful and wicked men who had crept into the church, pretending to be...
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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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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...
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
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THERE ARE. Omit.
CERTAIN. App-124.
MEN. App-123.
CREPT IN UNAWARES. Greek. _pareisduo._ Only here. Compare Galatians
1:2; Galatians 1:4; 2 Peter 2:1.
BEFORE... ORDAINED. before wr
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_For there are certain men crept in unawares_ More literally, FOR
THERE CREPT IN UNAWARES CERTAIN MEN … There is a touch of contempt
in the way in which, as in Galatians 2:4; 2 Peter 2:1, the false
te...
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ΠΑΡΕΙΣΕΔΎΗΣΑΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. It is here that the parallelism
with 2 Peter begins most obviously. To comment upon the matter common
to the two Epistles would be to repeat the notes on 2 Peter. I shall
therefor...
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FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN, &C.— _The creeping in unawares,_
in St. Jude, has a plain resemblance and reference to the _privily
bringing in_ mentioned by St. Peter, 2 Peter 2:1. Both the words...
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_A WRITTEN WARNING OF APOSTASY_
Jude 1:4
_Text_
4.
For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old
written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
grac...
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For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our
God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and ou...
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VERSE 4. FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES.
The reason for the haste in writing and the urgency of the exhortation
are here given. Unawares, or slyly, certain men, false teachers, had
crept...
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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...
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1:4 beforehand (e-15) The article is used here with the perfect
participle. The word signifies to appoint by notice beforehand, to fix
by proclamation. They are _ the_ ones who of old were so noticed...
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The *New Testament often uses the form of words ‘certain … men’
to refer to a particular group. (It is like when someone today says,
‘You know whom I mean!’). Teachers that travelled from one place
to...
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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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(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...
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CHAPTER 32
THE PERSONS DENOUNCED IN THE EPISTLE ITS RELATION TO PETER.
Jude 1:4
WE have here the occasion of the letter stated very plainly. St. Jude
was meditating a letter on a more general subjec...
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_Nature of the Threatened Danger_. It is stealthy; it is serious
enough to have been predicted long ago; its characteristic is impiety,
showing itself in the antinomian misuse of the Gospel of God's f...
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_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...
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“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...
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APOSTATES DESCRIBED
Jude explained that false teachers were the cause of his writing.
Woods says the idea of "crept in unnoticed" is that of entering in by
the side door, without revealing their motiv...
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(2) For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of
old ordained to this condemnation, (3) ungodly men, turning the grace
of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God,...
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For there have crept in some men, impious men, (who were of old[2]
foretold that they should fall into condemnation, by their own
obdurate malice) the disciples of Simon, and the Nicolaites, who
endea...
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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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_SOUND DOCTRINE AND HOLY LIVING_
‘Ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness.’
Jude 1:4
Sound doctrine leads to holy living. Perverted doctrine goes with
unholy living. Let us lo...
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_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...
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4._For there are certain men crept in unawares_. Though Satan is ever
an enemy to the godly, and never ceases to harass them, yet Jude
reminds those to whom he was writing of the state of things at th...
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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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FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES,.... These words contain a
reason why the doctrine of faith should be contended for, because of
false teachers, who are described as being then upon the spo...
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_For there are certain men_ (see the margin) _crept in unawares_
Insinuating themselves into people's affections by their plausible
pretences, and leavening them by degrees with their errors. The
ungo...
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FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES WHO WERE BEFORE OF OLD
ORDAINED TO THIS CONDEMNATION, UNGODLY MEN, TURNING THE GRACE OF OUR
GOD INTO LASCIVIOUSNESS, AND DENYING THE ONLY LORD GOD AND OUR L...
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An exhortation to constancy in faith:...
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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...
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_Who were before of old ordained; _ Greek, forewritten, i.e. of whom
it was formerly written, or foretold, viz. by Christ and his apostles;
or rather, it is to be understood according to our translati...
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Jude 1:4 For G1063 certain G5100 men G444 unnoticed G3921 (G5656) who
G3588 ago G3819 out G4270 ...
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‘For there are certain men crept in surreptitiously, even they who
were of old written of beforehand to this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying ou...
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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...
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Jude 1:4. FOR THERE ARE CERTAIN MEN; unknown, insignificant men, or
otherwise not worth describing; but when their true character was
seen, it was plain that they belonged to a class long before descr...
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ARE CREPT IN
(παρεισεδυησαν). Second aorist passive indicative of
παρεισδυω (-νω), late (Hippocrates, Plutarch, etc.)
compound of παρα (beside) and εις (in) and δυω to sink or
plunge, so to slip in...
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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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FOR SOME GODLESS MEN. "I felt a need to write because some spiritual
saboteurs have slipped in unnoticed." WHO DISTORT. "They claim to be
inspired. They say God is too good to punish sinners. They tea...
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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.
⇐...
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JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:4 CREPT IN UNNOTICED. The false teachers seem to
be Christians. DESIGNATED translates a Greek word meaning “to write
about or identify beforehand.” The false teachers did not take...
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_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...
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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 John 2:22; 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Peter 2:8; 1 Peter 4:18; 1 Timothy 6:15;...
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With the whole verse compare 2 Peter 2:1.
Crept in unawares [π α ρ ε ι σ ε δ υ σ α ν]. Rev.,
privily. See on 2 Peter 2:1. The verb means to get in by the side [π
α ρ α], to slip in by a side - door....
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There are certain men crept in, who were of old described before —
Even as early as Enoch; of whom it was foretold, that by their wilful
sins they would incur this condemnation. Turning the grace of G...
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Here we have. reason of the foregoing exhortation assigned, why we
should contend so earnestly for the Christian faith once delivered by
Christ to his apostles, because there were crept, by little and...