Júdasarbréfið 1:24

Heilögum Biblíunni

24 En honum, sem megnar að varðveita yður frá hrösun og láta yður koma fram fyrir dýrð sína, lýtalausa í fögnuði,

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Genesis 41:46 - he stood Genesis 47:2 - presented Leviticus 14:11 - General Numbers 6:24 - keep thee Deuteronomy 31:14 - presented Deuteronomy 33:27 - underneath 1 Kings 2:4 - That the Lord Job 9:4 - wise in heart Job 33:26 - and he shall Job 40:10 - majesty Psalms 16:11 - in thy Psalms 17:2 - Let my Psalms 37:17 - Lord Psalms 45:15 - With Psalms 51:12 - uphold Psalms 96:7 - glory Psalms 119:117 - Hold Proverbs 2:8 - and Proverbs 16:17 - he Song of Solomon 2:14 - thy countenance Song of Solomon 4:7 - General Isaiah 51:11 - everlasting Isaiah 63:1 - mighty Jeremiah 15:19 - stand Jeremiah 35:19 - stand Ezekiel 13:23 - for I Daniel 2:20 - for wisdom Daniel 6:20 - able Matthew 6:4 - reward Luke 6:48 - could Luke 12:8 - confess Luke 21:36 - stand John 10:28 - they John 16:20 - your John 17:11 - keep Acts 3:26 - in Acts 15:29 - if ye Acts 20:32 - I commend Romans 8:4 - That Romans 8:37 - him Romans 14:4 - he shall Romans 16:25 - to him 1 Corinthians 1:8 - blameless 2 Corinthians 4:14 - shall present 2 Corinthians 4:17 - far Ephesians 3:20 - able Ephesians 5:27 - he Ephesians 6:11 - able Philippians 4:1 - so Colossians 1:22 - to Colossians 2:7 - stablished Colossians 3:4 - ye Colossians 4:12 - that 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - our Lord 1 Thessalonians 3:13 - unblameable 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - preserved 2 Thessalonians 2:17 - stablish 2 Thessalonians 3:3 - and 1 Timothy 6:14 - unrebukeable 2 Timothy 1:8 - according 2 Timothy 1:12 - keep 2 Timothy 4:18 - and will Hebrews 2:18 - he is Hebrews 7:25 - he is 1 Peter 1:5 - kept 1 Peter 1:7 - might 1 Peter 5:10 - make 1 John 5:18 - keepeth Revelation 2:5 - thou art Revelation 3:5 - confess Revelation 14:5 - without Revelation 22:11 - and he that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,.... The people of God are liable to falling into temptation, into sin, into errors and mistakes, from an exercise of grace, or from a degree of steadfastness in Gospel truths, and even into a final and total apostasy, were it not for divine power; and they are not able to keep themselves. Adam, in his state of innocence, could not keep himself from falling; nor could the angels, many of whom fell, and the rest are preserved by the grace of God; wherefore, much less can imperfect sinful men keep themselves, they want both skill and power to do it; nor can any, short of Christ, keep them, and it is his work and office to preserve them; they were given to him with this view, and he undertook to do it; and sensible sinners commit themselves to him, as being appointed for that purpose; and this is a work Christ has been, and is, employed in, and he is every way qualified for it: he is "able" to do it, for he is the mighty God, the Creator and upholder of all things; and as Mediator, he has all power in heaven and in earth; instances of persons kept by him prove it; and there is such evidence of it, that believers may be, and are persuaded of it: and he is as willing as he is able; it is his Father's will he should keep them, and in that he delights; and as he has undertook to keep them, he is accountable for them; besides, he has an interest in them, and the greatest love and affection for them; to which may be added, that the glory of the Father, Son, and Spirit, in man's salvation, depends on the keeping of them: and what he keeps them from is, from falling by temptations, not from being tempted by Satan, but from sinking under his temptations, and from being devoured by him; and from falling by sin, not from the being or commission of sin, but from the dominion of it, and from the falling into it, so as to perish by it; and from falling into damnable heresies; and from the true grace of God, and into final impenitence, unbelief, and total apostasy. Instead of "you", the Alexandrian copy reads "us", and some copies "them":

and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy; to himself, in this present state of things, as washed in his blood, and justified by his righteousness, and hereafter in the millennium state, and in the ultimate glory; and also to his Father, and this he died to do, and in some sense did it at his death, even in the body of his flesh, through death, and now as the representative of his people in heaven; and will at the last day, when he will deliver them up complete and perfect; all which is in consequence of his suretyship engagements: and this presentation is made "before the presence of his glory"; either before the glorious presence of Christ, or Christ himself, who is glorious, and will appear in glory, in his own, and in his Father's, and in his holy angels; or else before the glorious presence of God the Father, and who is glory itself: and the condition in which the saints are, and will be presented, is "faultless"; though they have sinned in Adam, and were so wretchedly guilty and filthy in their nature state, so prone to backslidings, and guilty of so many after conversion, and though a body of sin and death is carried by them to the grave; yet they will at last be presented by Christ in perfect holiness, in complete righteousness, and in the shining robes of immortality and, glory. The manner in which they will be presented is "with exceeding joy"; in themselves, for what they shall be delivered from, from sin and sorrow, and every enemy, and for the glory and happiness they shall then enjoy; and also in the ministers of the Gospel, who will then bring their sheaves with joy, and then will their converts be their joy and crown of rejoicing; and likewise this presentation will be with the joy of angels, for if they rejoice at the conversion of men, much more at their glorification; and even with the joy of Father, Son, and Spirit.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling - This ascription to one who was able to keep them from falling is made in view of the facts adverted to in the Epistle - the dangers of being led away by the arts and the example of these teachers of error. Compare Jude 1:3. On the ascription itself, compare the notes at Romans 16:25-27. The phrase “to keep from falling” means here to preserve from falling into sin, from yielding to temptation, and dishonoring their religion. The word used (ἀπταιστους aptaistous) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means properly, “not stumbling” as of a horse; then “without falling into sin, blameless.” It is God only who, amidst the temptations of the world, can keep us from falling; but, blessed be his name, he can do it, and if we trust in him he will.

And to present you faultless - The word here rendered “faultless” is the same which is rendered “unblamable” in Colossians 1:22. See the sentiment here expressed explained in the notes at that passage.

Before the presence of his glory - In his own glorious presence; before himself encompassed with glory in heaven. The saints are to be presented there as redeemed and sanctified, and as made worthy by grace to dwell there forever.

With exceeding joy - With the abounding joy that they are redeemed; that they are rescued from sorrow, sin, and death, and that heaven is to be their eternal home. Who now can form an adequate idea of the happiness of that hour?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jude 1:24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling — Who alone can preserve you from the contagion of sin, and preserve you from falling into any kind of error that might be prejudicial to the interests of your souls; and thus to present you faultless, or, as many others read, ασπιλους, without spot, alluding to the spotted garment mentioned above.

Before the presence of his glory — Where nothing can stand that does not resemble himself, with exceeding great joy, in finding yourselves eternally out of the reach of the possibility of falling, and for having now arrived at an eternity of happiness.