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Excerpt from Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
The Epistle is very methodical, and as method is sometimes supposed to be unfavor able to feeling, the union here of strict method and intense feeling should be noted. The usual form of salutation precedes. (ver. 1, After announcing the object (ver. And expressing the urgent necessity for writing and exhorting (ver. The writer first reminds the readers of the destruction sent in ancient times upon unbelieving Israelites (ver. Sinning angels (ver. And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. (ver. Then he proceeds to characterize the new class of sinners (ver. 8 contrasting them as to one of their traits, with Michael the archangel. In the course of the description he shows by a quotation from the book of Enoch (henoch), that the men in question had been the object of prophetic denunciation. (ver. 14, The description closed (ver. The readers are reminded that the coming of such men had been declared by the apos tles; are exhorted to make spiritual progress; to expect eternal life through the mercy of God; and to make a wise discrimination in their methods of treating the deceived members of the church. The Epistle closes with an uncommonly rich doxology.
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