Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Jude 1:24 - 1:24

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Jude 1:24 - 1:24


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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 preserved in their faith. Compare the opening words with Rom 16:25.

ἀπταίστους only here in N.T., but the verb πταίω occurs in 2Pe 1:10 οὐ μὴ πταίσητέ ποτε in a very similar connexion: also in Jam 2:10; Jam 3:2.

στῆσαι κατενώπιον κ.τ.λ. The thought of Col 1:22 is very like this: παραστῆσαι ὑμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους καὶ ἀνεγκλήτους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ, εἴ γε ἐπιμένετε τῇ πίστει. Compare also Eph 1:4 εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ. These two passages—certainly the last—refer to the present life. Jude is speaking of the future.

ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει. The substantive occurs in the Greek fragment of Enoch, Jud 1:2 “the years of their joy πληθυνθήσεται ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει.”