Jude
Summary[i]
Writer: Jude, the brother of James (Jud_1:1).
Date: Probably A.D. 66
Theme: It is not so much Jude who
speaks, as the constraining Spirit (Jud_1:3)
and the theme is, "Contending for the faith" (Luk_18:8),
See Scofield
- Luk_18:8) . In this brief
letter the apostasy
See Scofield
- 2Th_2:3) of the professing
church is predicted, and the cause and course described. As in Second Timothy
and Second Peter the apostasy is treated as having already set in.
The Epistle is in five divisions:
1. Introduction (Jude 1:1-2).
2. Occasion of the Epistle (Jude 1:3-4).
3. Apostasy is possible (Jude 1:5-7).
4. Apostate teachers described (Jude 1:8-19).
5. The saints assured and comforted (Jude 1:20-25).