Jude 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Crept

Who

Romans 9:21

1 Peter 2:8

2 Peter 2:3

Turning

Denying

Titus 1:15

2 Peter 2:1

1 John 2:22

General references

Bible References

Crept

But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

But 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.

As 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;

For among them are those who

enter into households and captivate

weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,

But 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.

Who

Or 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?

and,
“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.

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Turning

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

For the grace of God has appeared,

bringing salvation to all men,

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

and especially those who

indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority.

Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

Denying

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

General references

Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

You believe that

God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.