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Jud 1:1. Ἰούδας, Jude) The Epistle has three parts.
I. THE INSCRIPTION, Jud 1:1-2.
II. THE DISCUSSION: in which he exhorts them to contend for the faith, Jud 1:3 :
And, having described the destruction and character of the adversaries, Jud 1:4-16,
He admonishes the righteous, Jud 1:17-18;
Confirms them, Jud 1:19-21;
And instructs them in their duty towards others, Jud 1:22-23.
III. THE CONCLUSION, with a Doxology, Jud 1:24-25.
This Epistle closely agrees with the Second of Peter, which Jude appears to have had before his eyes. Comp. Jud 1:17-18, with 2Pe 3:3. Peter wrote that at the end of his life: from which it may be inferred, that St Jude lived longer, and saw, by that time, the great declension of all things in the Church, which had been foretold by St Peter. But he passes by some things mentioned by Peter, he expresses others with a different purpose and in different language, he adds others; while the wisdom of the apostle plainly shines forth, and his severity increases. Thus Peter quotes and confirms Paul, and Jude quotes and confirms Peter.-ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, but the brother of James) James was more widely known, being styled the brother of the Lord; therefore Jude modestly calls himself the brother of James.-τοῖς) A periphrasis, to which the antithesis answers in Jud 1:4.-ἠγαπημένοις, beloved) The conclusion corresponds with the introduction: Jud 1:21.-τετηρημένοις, preserved) To be preserved uninjured for Christ, is a subject of joy: Joh 17:2; Joh 17:11; Joh 17:15; 2Co 11:2. The sources and completion of salvation are pointed out: and this passage has a kind of anticipatory precaution (προθεραπείαν), lest the righteous should be alarmed by the mention of such dreadful evils.-κλητοῖς, called) Calling is altogether the prerogative of Divine bounty.