犹大书 1:20-21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.Keep yourselves in the love of God ... Again the human response factor is stressed, the meaning here being exactly what it was in Jude 1:1:20, "keeping oneself in the love of God" being one and the same thing with obeying God's commandments, as extensively taught in the Johannine literature, above. Summarizing the admonitions of these verses, what Jude commanded, or rather pleaded that the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:20

Jude 1:20. But ye, beloved, &c.— The false teachers corrupted the faith, turned the grace of God into lasciviousness, and would have made parties, tearing in pieces the church of God. The Christians, therefore, both here and Jude 1:3; Jud 1:17 are exhorted to preserve one another through divine grace in that true, pure, unmixed faith, as it was taught them by the apostles of our Lord. Their faith was called most holy, as it did not lead to licentiousness, like the corrupt doctrine of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jude 1:21

Jude 1:21. Keep yourselves in the love of God,— The word 'Εαυτους is put for αλληλου, one another, both here and in Jude 1:20. See 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:13. The meaningand connection is, that bybuilding up one another upon their most holy faith, and praying by the aid or inspiration of the Spirit, they should preserve one another in a sincere love to God and goodness, and in that way they might expect the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:20

Resuming :-.building up yourselves — the opposite to the “separate themselves” ( :-): as “in the Holy Ghost” is opposed to “having not the Spirit.”on — as on a foundation. Building on THE FAITH is equivalent to building on Christ, the object of faith.praying in the Holy Ghost — ( :-; :-). The Holy Spirit teaches what we are to pray for, and how. None can pray aright save by being in the Spirit, that is, in the element of His influence. Chrysostom states that, among the charisms bestowed at... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:21

In :-, :-, Jude combines the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: and faith, hope, and love.Keep yourselves — not in your own strength, but “in the love of God,” that is, God’s love to you and all His believing children, the only guarantee for their being kept safe. Man’s need of watching is implied; at the same time he cannot keep himself, unless God in His love keep him.looking for — in hope.the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ — to be fully manifested at His coming. Mercy is usually... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:20

The contrast Jude introduced with "But" distinguishes Jude’s readers from the false teachers. Since we are God’s temples under attack by hostile enemy forces, we need to build ourselves up, to strengthen ourselves spiritually (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:9-17; Ephesians 2:20-22; 2 Peter 3:18)."The best thing believers can do to withstand the malady is to develop their spiritual immunological resources." [Note: A. Duane Litfin, "A Biblical Strategy for Confronting the Cults," Bibliotheca Sacra 135:539... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:20-23

B. The Positive Instruction of the Readers VV. 20-23 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:21

Third, we should keep ourselves in the sphere of God’s love (Judges 1:1; Judges 1:6; Judges 1:13; cf. John 15:9; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:39). When we depart from His Word and His will, we erect barriers between ourselves and God thus blocking the free flow of His love to us. We keep ourselves in His love by abiding in Him (John 15:9-10; 1 John 2:28)."To be conscious of being beloved by God is one of the greatest protections that the believer can possess." [Note: Plummer, 6:662.] Fourth, we should... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Jude 1:21

1:21 yourselves (f-2) Aorist; be in that state. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jude 1:20-21

(20, 21) Exhortation to strengthen themselves in the faith by prayer, godliness, and hope.(20) But ye, beloved.—Exactly as in Jude 1:17 : “ye” in emphatic contrast to these sensuous and unspiritual men.Building up yourselves.—Making yourselves firm on the sure foundation of faith, in contradistinction to those “who separate,” and fancy themselves firm in their impious conceits. The notion is not so much that of increasing and completing an edifice as of strengthening its foundations. Faith and... read more

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