Bible Book of Jude | Contending for the Faith

An urgent call to contend for the faith against ungodly influences that have crept into the church. Jude chapters with summary and commentary.

Genre: Epistle. Theme: Contending for the Faith

• Author: Jude (Jesus' brother)
• Date: AD 65-80
• Read Time: 5 mins
• Purpose: Exhort believers to 'contend for the faith'.
• Key Verse: Jude 1:3 - ...that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered.
• Christ: One able to keep us from falling.
• Audience: The church being infiltrated by apostates
• Imagery: OT judgment references.
• Apostasy Warning: A 'call to arms' for believers to protect the original Gospel from internal corruption.
• Historical Judgment: Uses OT examples (Sodom, Korah, Cain) to show that God always judges rebellion.

Jude wanted to write about 'common salvation' but felt compelled by the Spirit to write about spiritual warfare instead.

A high-intensity, descriptive letter that concludes with one of the Bible's most famous doxologies.

Jesus is the one who is able to keep you from falling and present you faultless (1:24).