Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Book: Jude
Chapters: 1 ·
This epistle is addressed to all believers in the
Gospel. Its
design appears to be to
Guard believers against the false
teachers who had begun to creep into the
Christian Church, and
to scatter dangerous tenets,
By attempting to lower all
Christianity into a merely nominal belief and outward profession
of the
Gospel. Having thus denied the obligations of personal
Holiness, they taught their disciples to live in sinful
Courses,
at the same time flattering them with the
Hope of eternal
Life.
The vile character of these seducers is shown, and their
sentence is denounced, and the epistle concludes with warnings,
admonitions, and counsels to believers.