Jude calls the intruders “hidden reefs” at the believers’ love feasts, describing them as dangers beneath the surface Jude 1:12. He adds images like “waterless clouds” and “fruitless trees” to stress their emptiness and harm Jude 1:12.

Jude asks that “mercy, peace, and love be multiplied” to his readers Jude 1:2. It is a short opening prayer for an increase of these gifts Jude 1:2.

Jude tells readers to remember the predictions of the apostles of Jesus Christ Jude 1:17. He quotes the substance: “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions” Jude 1:18.

Jude refers to “Michael the archangel” disputing with the devil “about the body of Moses” Jude 1:9. He says Michael did not pronounce a reviling judgment but said, “The Lord rebuke you” Jude 1:9.

Jude speaks of saving others by “snatching them out of the fire” Jude 1:23. In the same verse he pairs rescue language with caution about corruption, “hating even the garment stained by the flesh” Jude 1:23.

Jude says he is writing to urge believers “to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” Jude 1:3. In context, it is a response to people who have entered the community and distort the message Jude 1:4.

Jude says it is these people who cause divisions and are “worldly people, devoid of the Spirit” Jude 1:19. The phrase is part of his description of their character and divisive impact Jude 1:19.

Jude pronounces “Woe to them!” and compares the intruders to three biblical patterns: “the way of Cain,” “Balaam’s error,” and “Korah’s rebellion” Jude 1:11. The verse uses these examples to portray destructive, rebellious paths that end in judgment Jude 1:11.

Jude says angels who “did not stay within their own position of authority” were kept in “eternal chains under gloomy darkness” Jude 1:6. He connects this to “the judgment of the great day” Jude 1:6.

Jude ascribes “glory, majesty, dominion, and authority” to “the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord” Jude 1:25. He frames this as true “before all time and now and forever” Jude 1:25.

Jude describes certain people as “grumblers, malcontents,” who follow their own desires Jude 1:16. He says they are “loud-mouthed boasters” and show favoritism for advantage Jude 1:16.

Jude includes a specific instruction: “have mercy on those who doubt” Jude 1:22. This line appears in his practical directions for responding to people in danger and instability Jude 1:22–23.

Jude praises God as the one “who is able to keep you from stumbling” Jude 1:24. He adds that God can “present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy” Jude 1:24.

Jude reminds readers of the Lord saving a people out of Egypt and later destroying those who did not believe Jude 1:5. He also cites angels who did not stay in their position, and Sodom and Gomorrah as examples of judgment Jude 1:6 Jude 1:7.

Jude says the apostles warned that “scoffers” would come “in the last time” Jude 1:18. He characterizes them as people “following their own ungodly passions” Jude 1:18.

Jude says “certain people have crept in unnoticed” Jude 1:4. He describes them as “ungodly people” who “pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ” Jude 1:4.

The letter opens by naming the writer as “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James” Jude 1:1. He addresses “those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ” Jude 1:1.

Jude addresses “those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ” Jude 1:1. The greeting frames the recipients as people God has called and is preserving for Jesus Christ Jude 1:1.

Jude says Sodom and Gomorrah and surrounding cities serve “as an example” by undergoing “a punishment of eternal fire” Jude 1:7. He cites them as a warning example tied to immoral desire and rebellion Jude 1:7.

Jude explains that although he wanted to write about “our common salvation,” he instead felt compelled to write an urgent appeal Jude 1:3. The reason is that certain people “crept in unnoticed” and are described as ungodly and deceptive Jude 1:4.