Jude 1:4

Jude 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Context of Jude 1:4

2May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. 3Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 5Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

Jude 1:4 word by word

παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι, οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα, ἀσεβεῖς, τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριτα μετατιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπότην καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι.¶Read the interlinear

• For certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• personsἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• creptπαρεισδύνωpareisdunō · to infiltrateG3921
• thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who were longπάλαιpalai · of oldG3819
• beforehandπρογράφωprographō · to write/designateG4270
• out for thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• condemnationκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
• ungodlyἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765
• the graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• of our Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• licentiousnessἀσέλγειαaselgeia · debaucheryG766
• denyἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• our onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• Masterδεσπότηςdespotēs · masterG1203
• and Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Jude 1:4

• Matthew 13:25But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.
• Acts 15:24Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,
• Galatians 2:4But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.
• Ephesians 4:14As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
• 2 Timothy 3:6For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
• 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
• Romans 9:21Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?
• 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
• 2 Peter 2:3and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
• Jude 1:15to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
• 2 Samuel 22:5For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
• Psalms 1:1How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
• 1 Peter 4:18And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?
• 2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• 2 Peter 3:7But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• Romans 6:1What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Commentaries on Jude 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares - · They had got into the Church under specious pretences; and, when in, began to sow their bad seed. Before of old ordained - ̔ Such as were long ago proscribed, and condemned in the most public manner; this is the import of the word in this place, and there are many examples of this use of it in the Greek writers. See Kypke. To this condemnation - To a similar punishment to that immediately about to be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares - The apostle now gives “reason” for thus defending the truth, to wit, that there were artful and wicked men who had crept into the church, pretending to be religious teachers, but whose doctrines tended to sap the very foundations of truth. The apostle Peter, describing these same persons, says, “who privily shall bring in damnable heresies.” See the notes, 2 Peter 2:1. Substantially the same idea is expressed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4It is tempting to misuse God's wonderful grace by saying it lets us do wrong things (see Romans 6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. certain men--implying disparagement. crept in unawares--stealthily and unlawfully. See on 2Pe 2:1, "privily shall bring in damnable heresies." before ... ordained--Greek, "forewritten," namely, in Peter's prophecy Jude 17, 18; and in Paul's before that, 1Ti 4:1; 2Ti 3:1; and by implication in the judgments which overtook the apostate angels. The disobedient Israelites, Sodom and Gomorrah, Balaam and Core, and which are written "for an example" (Jude 7…Read the comment

Topics related to Jude 1:4

• Apostasy
• Commandments
• Doctrines
• Heresy
• Infidelity
• Jesus Continued
• Lasciviousness
• Minister, Christian
• Predestination
• Ramah
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)
• Word of God
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Jude 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings