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PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT®
JUDE CONTEND FOR THE FAITH
ISBN 978-1-62119-291-6
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CONTENTS
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PAGE L E S S O N S
1 LESSON ONE: Overview
9 LESSON TWO: Verses 1-4
21 LESSON THREE: Verses 5-8
31 LESSON FOUR: Verses 9-19
43 LESSON FIVE: Verses 20-25
A P P E N D I X
55 Observation Worksheets
59 Instructions for Structuring
63 Blank Page
65 Structured Observation Worksheets
77 The Author and the Recipients
78 The Ungodly
79 Observation Worksheets of 2 Peter 2
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HELPFUL STUDY TOOLS
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H E L P F U L S T U D Y T O O L S
ARTHUR, KAY; ARTHUR, DAVID; DE LACY, PETE How to Study Your Bible Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 1994/2010
The New Inductive Study Bible—New American Standard Bible Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2000
Greek Word Study Tools
Commentaries on Jude (See commentary list below.)
R E C O M M E N D E D C O M M E N T A R I E S
WALVOORD, JOHN F., ZUCK, ROY B., eds. The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures Wheaton, Illinois: Victor Books, 1983-c1985 BLUM, EDWIN A.; BARKER, GLENN W. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: 1, 2 Peter; 1,2,3 John; Jude Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1996
R E C O M M E N D E D S O F T W A R E
Logos Bible Software Powerful search engines and up to 4,000 electronic Bible study resources (commentaries, lexicons, Bible dictionaries etc.) make it fast and easy to do simple and complex searches of multiple sources, then pull materials together for orderly presentation—excellent for word and topical studies based on English or original Hebrew and Greek. Available at www.logos.com.
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Jude
Lesson 1, Overview
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LESSON ONE Overview The following located in the Appendix:
Observation Worksheets of Jude “Instructions for Structuring” “Structured Observation Worksheets” “The Author and the Recipients” “The Ungodly”
If you were called to defend the faith, could you? This first assignment is optional. Note the word “OPTIONAL.” If you choose not to do it, please don't feel guilty. Such an assignment may not be for you at this point in your Bible study experience; however, we wanted others to have the opportunity should they care to try it. Either way, doing it or not, will not keep you from learning the book of Jude. You are about to be presented with a method of analyzing Scripture that can revolutionize your study of the Word of God. The method is that of structuring a book of the Bible, a study method we teach in our Precept Ministries Workshops. 1. If you choose to structure, your assignment is to structure the book of Jude,
which is only twenty-five verses long.
a. In the Appendix, find:
1) Observation Worksheets of Jude, which is the text of Jude double-spaced.
2) “Instructions for Structuring,” found just behind the Observation Worksheets of Jude. These three pages will give you the basics of structuring, along with examples.
3) Blank page with “Structured Observation Worksheets of Jude” pages behind it. Be sure to keep the blank page on top until instructed to remove it.
THIS LESSON
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DAYONE
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b. After reading the instructions, try structuring verses 1 and 2 of Jude. You can use a computer or write the text. Use the double-spaced Observation Worksheets from the Appendix to copy the text. After you structure the first two verses, slide the blank page down on the first page of the “Structured Observation Worksheets” so you can see verses 1 and 2. Compare your work and adjust as needed.
c. Continue the process you began in “b” and structure the following groups of verses, checking your work after each group. As needed, stop and review the “Instructions for Structuring.”
1) verses 3-4
2) verses 5-7
3) verses 8-10
4) verses 11-13
5) verses 14-15
6) verses 17-19
7) verses 20-23
8) verses 24-25
2. If you choose not to structure Jude, your assignment is to find the pages labeled “Instructions for Structuring” and the “Structured Observation Worksheets of Jude” from the Appendix. As you read the instructions for structuring, analyze the way we have arranged the text.
Read it several times and observe the flow of thought as Jude lays out his material. Then if you still have time for more study, move on to the assignment for DAY THREE.
1. If you have never done a Precept course before, we suggest that you read the chapters entitled “The Rule of Context—Context Rules!” and “Getting the Big Picture” in How to Study Your Bible.
Read Jude using your Structured Observation Worksheet and mark every reference to the author in a distinctive color or way, including any synonym or pronoun which refers to the author. (A normally formatted Observation Worksheet is also included in the Appendix if you prefer, but we believe you
DAY THREE
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will see the benefit of using the Structured Observation Worksheet.) The purpose for marking the author is to learn all you can from this book about the one who wrote the book. Many times such information can give you the historical context of the book. Watch for places that Jude would tell you his purpose in writing. It is always important to discern the purpose of a book, for it helps you in accurately interpreting what the author says.
2. Now read the book of Jude again. This time mark in another color or distinctive way every reference to the recipients of this letter. Make sure you mark pronouns and synonyms.
3. In the Appendix you’ll find a chart entitled “The Author and the Recipients.” This chart has columns in which to list the information about the author and the recipients and what God has done or promises to do for them. Fill in what you learn about these people, but do not record what they are to do.
4. When you marked references to the author, did you see his purpose for writing this letter? Do you see it now after listing what you observed regarding the author and recipient? If not, read the text again, specifically looking for the author's purpose (what provoked or caused him to write what he did). When you discover the purpose, record it below. Also record the verse(s) that tells the author’s reason for writing.
The Author’s Purpose (Reason) for Writing Jude: Well, Beloved, how do you feel about what you’ve observed in the Word of God thus far in your study? Does it seem relevant for today? What kinds of concerns does it awaken in your heart?
Take a few minutes to talk to God about what you have learned thus far in your study of Jude. As you pray, you might ask God to give you an opportunity to share what you are learning with others. However, remember God’s admonition, exhortation, to Joshua—don’t let these words depart out of your mouth without meditating on them . . . and without determining that when it comes to living according to what you have learned, you will be strong and courageous to observe to do according to all that God commands us.
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1. When you read your Structured Observation Worksheet of Jude, you saw another group of people that the author referred to and described. Read the text and mark this group in a distinctive way.
2. Fill out the chart entitled “The Ungodly,” which is found in the Appendix. For the column entitled “Their Comparison and Their Contrast,” list either individuals or groups that the ungodly are either compared to or contrasted with. However, do not fill out the final column which refers to 2 Peter because you will do that in Lesson 3.
1. Complete the chart “The Author and the Recipients” by filling in the remainder
of the information requested on the recipients.
2. Now read Jude and evaluate your charts, marking key repeated words. A key word may be expressed by the author through synonyms to convey the same meaning, so watch for similar words which speak of the same thing.
3. At the end of this lesson, you’ll find a chart entitled “Jude at a Glance.” Once this chart is completed, you will have an essential overview of the content of the book within its context. As you look at the chart, you will notice that since Jude is only one chapter long, we have divided the book into paragraphs. However, on the chart we’ve combined verses 1 and 2, which are each considered a paragraph. By the way, bold numbers on the Observation Worksheet indicate the beginning of a paragraph.
If you have never done an At a Glance chart before, you might want to read “Getting the Big Picture” in How to Study Your Bible.
a. Fill in the Author, Purpose, and Key Words. The date Jude was written is unknown. Many scholars believe Jude is the half-brother of Jesus Christ; therefore, his epistle could have been written as early as A.D. 50.
b. Keeping in mind all you have observed in Jude this week, see if you can determine the theme of Jude. Is there a statement in the text that helps you see the theme? Record the theme on the “Jude at a Glance” chart. Keep the theme as brief as possible so it is easy to remember.
c. Now, read Jude one paragraph at a time. On a piece of notebook paper record the main theme of each paragraph. Always use words from the text because this helps you retain biblical terminology. Make sure each paragraph theme is distinctive from the others and that it summarizes the
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content of that particular paragraph. When you are satisfied with your themes, record these on the chart. The paragraph themes should complement, support the book theme.
4. Your final assignment this week is to use the Word of God as a prayer book. God tells us in John that if His words abide in us and we abide in Him, then we can ask whatever we wish and it will be done. As you look at what you have learned about the recipients, you have seen truth that can apply to you. You have observed who the recipients are, and in doing so, you have learned truths that pertain to every true child of God.
a. Make these truths the basis of worship and thanksgiving by thanking God for who you are and for what God has done or promises to do for you.
b. Then, use the instructions to the recipients as a plumb line to examine your own walk with the Lord. Talk over what you learn with God in prayer.
c. Use anything you have learned as a stimulus for interceding for the church in general, for specific believers, and for those who are unsaved.
Jude is a significant book, isn’t it! Are you surprised? We suggest, Beloved, that you share what you learn with others. You may have a talent for writing, a gift for teaching, or just an enthusiastic heart for encouraging others. If you will share with others what you have learned, it will help anchor these truths in your heart and mind. Just remember, the church greatly needs this message.
Use what you have observed as a plumb line for discerning what you see and hear.
You have begun a course which has only five weeks of assignments. We urge you to be faithful to finish what you have begun, for there is still much to learn. The need for men and women who will know and stand for the truth, men and women who are able to contend for the faith, is critical. Get equipped, Beloved, so you can do your part.
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Jude
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JUDE AT A GLANCE Book Theme: Paragraph Themes Author:
1:1–2
Purpose:
1:3–4
Key Words:
1:5–7
1:8-13
1:14-16
1:17–23
1:24–25
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JUDE Observation Worksheet
Chapter Theme _________________________________________________________________
JUDE, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,
To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for
Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, 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.
4 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.
5 Now 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.
6 And 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,
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7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they
in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after
strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the
punishment of eternal fire.
8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh,
and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and
argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him
a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and
the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by
these things they are destroyed.
11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they
have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the
rebellion of Korah.
12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when
they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds
without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit,
doubly dead, uprooted;
13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam;
wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved
forever.
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14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation
from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many
thousands of His holy ones,
15 to 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.”
16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts;
they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an
advantage.
17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken
beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers,
following after their own ungodly lusts.”
19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of
the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
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23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy
with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make
you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory,
majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and
forever. Amen.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR STRUCTURING
The following paragraphs will give a better idea of what structuring is intended to do and the procedures that were followed in creating the “structured” copy of Jude. Get out the structured copy and look at it as you read this explanation so you can better understand what the layout is trying to show you. Structuring is a tool or a process that allows you to see the logical flow of thought in any passage, chapter, or book. It should allow you to see at a glance the primary elements of a passage and to see how the supporting thoughts relate to the complete thoughts. As a result, you will be able to more easily identify the context of the book you are studying, the author’s purpose for writing the book, and the theme of the book. Keep in mind that the process of structuring is only a tool and not the end result itself; it is a tool to use to help you know truth for yourself. The structured copy of Jude is, first of all, the entire text of the book of Jude, word for word without leaving out any words, adding any words, or rearranging the order of any words. You still have the book as it reads in the Bible. The text is just positioned left or right differently from the normal layout. Second, punctuation is not emphasized and in general is left out. (Most punctuation in our translations does not come from the Greek manuscripts.)
Greetings As we begin, make note that greetings in letters don’t follow the usual rules of indention we follow in structuring because they usually are not complete sentences. Therefore, in a greeting, we place the author and recipients at the left margin. Then any further description of the author or recipient is placed below and indented. For example, “a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James” describe Jude, so they are positioned under “Jude.” “Beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ” describe those who are the called. 1 Jude
a bond-servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James to those who are the called beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ
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Complete Thoughts, Independent Clauses To decide how to position the text to see the flow of thought in the body of the letter, begin by considering the immediate grammatical context. Always place the complete thoughts (independent clauses) at the left margin of the paper. A complete thought or independent clause has a subject (someone or something) and an action and sometimes an object of that action. See verses 2-4. The statements starting at the left margin are complete thoughts. 2 May mercy
and peace and love be multiplied to you
3 Beloved 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
4 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
Supporting Thoughts, Dependent Clauses As often as possible, indent the supporting thoughts (dependent clauses) under or over the word or thought they describe. These supporting thoughts usually tell us when, where, why, or how something is done or give more information describing someone or something.
For example, in verse 3, “while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation” answers when he “felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith.” So, it is placed above and indented to the right over the action, “felt the necessity to write.”
“About our common salvation” describes what Jude was making every effort to write about, and “appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith” describes what Jude “felt the necessity to write” to them. In verse 4 “For” indicates a supporting statement (that must be indented) except when “for”
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occurs in the phrases “For this reason” and/or “For this purpose.” In other words, when a thought begins with the word “For,” it is usually something telling you why something else just said is true.
For example, look at verses 3 and 4. All of verse 4 answers why Jude felt the necessity to write that they contend earnestly for the faith. The “For” implies a reason why for what has just been said in verse 3.
3 Beloved
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
4 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
As you read, always consider whether a who, what, when, where, why, or how kind of question is being answered by the text. Statements that answer when, where, why, or how are supporting statements. Statements that answer who or what must be evaluated further, since they can be either complete or supporting statements.
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that
you
con
tend
ear
nest
ly f
or th
e fa
ith
whi
ch w
as o
nce
for
all h
ande
d do
wn
to th
e sa
ints
4
For
cer
tain
per
sons
hav
e cr
ept i
n un
noti
ced
th
ose
who
wer
e lo
ng b
efor
ehan
d m
arke
d ou
t
for
this
con
dem
nati
on
u
ngod
ly p
erso
ns
w
ho tu
rn th
e gr
ace
of o
ur G
od in
to li
cent
ious
ness
a
nd
d
eny
our
only
Mas
ter
and
Lor
d
J
esus
Chr
ist
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Structured Observation Worksheet
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5 N
ow
I
des
ire
to r
emin
d yo
u
thou
gh y
ou k
now
all
thin
gs o
nce
for
all
th
at th
e L
ord
aft
er s
avin
g a
peop
le o
ut o
f th
e la
nd o
f E
gypt
su
bseq
uent
ly d
estr
oyed
thos
e
w
ho d
id n
ot b
elie
ve
6
A
nd
ange
ls w
ho d
id n
ot k
eep
thei
r ow
n do
mai
n
but
ab
ando
ned
thei
r pr
oper
abo
de
H
e ha
s ke
pt
in
eter
nal b
onds
u
nder
dar
knes
s
f
or th
e ju
dgm
ent o
f th
e gr
eat d
ay
7
ju
st a
s S
odom
and
Gom
orra
h
a
nd
t
he c
itie
s ar
ound
them
s
ince
they
in th
e sa
me
way
as
thes
e
in
dulg
ed in
gro
ss im
mor
alit
y
and
wen
t aft
er s
tran
ge f
lesh
are
exh
ibit
ed a
s an
exa
mpl
e
in
und
ergo
ing
the
puni
shm
ent
o
f et
erna
l fir
e
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Structured Observation Worksheet
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1:8
Yet
in
the
sam
e w
ay
th
ese
men
a
lso
by d
ream
ing
d
efil
e th
e fl
esh
a
nd
r
ejec
t aut
hori
ty
a
nd
r
evil
e an
geli
c m
ajes
ties
1:
9 B
ut
M
icha
el th
e ar
chan
gel
whe
n he
dis
pute
d w
ith
the
devi
l
and
argu
ed a
bout
the
body
of
Mos
es
did
not d
are
pron
ounc
e ag
ains
t him
a r
aili
ng ju
dgm
ent
but
said
“T
he L
ord
rebu
ke y
ou”
10
But
thes
e m
en r
evil
e th
e th
ings
whi
ch th
ey d
o no
t und
erst
and
and
the
thin
gs w
hich
they
kno
w b
y in
stin
ct
li
ke u
nrea
soni
ng a
nim
als
b
y th
ese
thin
gs
th
ey a
re d
estr
oyed
11
Woe
to th
em
F
or th
ey h
ave
gone
the
way
of
Cai
n
and
f
or p
ay
they
hav
e ru
shed
hea
dlon
g in
to th
e er
ror
of B
alaa
m
a
nd
p
eris
hed
in th
e re
bell
ion
of K
orah
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Structured Observation Worksheet
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12
The
se a
re th
e m
en w
ho a
re h
idde
n re
efs
in y
our
love
fea
sts
w
hen
they
fea
st w
ith
you
wit
hout
fea
r
car
ing
for
them
selv
es
cl
ouds
wit
hout
wat
er
car
ried
alo
ng b
y w
inds
autu
mn
tree
s w
itho
ut f
ruit
d
oubl
y de
ad
upr
oote
d 13
wil
d w
aves
of
the
sea
c
asti
ng u
p th
eir
own
sham
e li
ke f
oam
wan
deri
ng s
tars
f
or w
hom
the
blac
k da
rkne
ss h
as b
een
rese
rved
for
ever
14
It
was
als
o ab
out t
hese
men
that
Eno
ch
in
the
seve
nth
gene
rati
on f
rom
Ada
m
p
roph
esie
d sa
ying
“B
ehol
d
th
e L
ord
cam
e w
ith
man
y th
ousa
nds
of H
is h
oly
ones
15
to e
xecu
te ju
dgm
ent u
pon
all
a
nd
to
con
vict
all
the
ungo
dly
of a
ll th
eir
ungo
dly
deed
s
whi
ch th
ey h
ave
done
in a
n un
godl
y w
ay
an
d
of
all
the
hars
h th
ings
w
hich
ung
odly
sin
ners
hav
e sp
oken
a
gain
st H
im”
16
The
se a
re g
rum
bler
s
fi
ndin
g fa
ult
fo
llow
ing
afte
r th
eir
own
lust
s
the
y sp
eak
arro
gant
ly
f
latt
erin
g pe
ople
for
the
sake
of
gain
ing
an a
dvan
tage
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Structured Observation Worksheet
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17
But
you
belo
ved
ough
t to
rem
embe
r th
e w
ords
that
wer
e sp
oken
bef
oreh
and
by
the
apos
tles
of
our
Lor
d Je
sus
Chr
ist
18
that
they
wer
e sa
ying
to y
ou
“
In th
e la
st ti
me
ther
e w
ill b
e m
ocke
rs
fol
low
ing
afte
r th
eir
own
ungo
dly
lust
s”
19
The
se a
re th
e on
es w
ho c
ause
div
isio
ns
wor
ldly
-min
ded
devo
id o
f th
e S
piri
t 20
B
ut
yo
u be
love
d
b
uild
ing
your
selv
es u
p on
you
r m
ost h
oly
faith
p
rayi
ng in
the
Hol
y S
piri
t 21
keep
you
rsel
ves
in th
e lo
ve o
f G
od
wai
ting
anxi
ousl
y fo
r th
e m
ercy
of
our
Lor
d Je
sus
Chr
ist t
o et
erna
l lif
e 22
A
nd
h
ave
mer
cy o
n so
me
who
are
dou
btin
g 23
sa
ve o
ther
s
s
natc
hing
them
out
of
the
fire
and
hav
e m
ercy
on
som
e
w
ith
fear
hat
ing
even
the
garm
ent p
ollu
ted
by th
e fl
esh
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24
Now
to
Him
who
is a
ble
to k
eep
you
from
stu
mbl
ing
and
t
o m
ake
you
stan
d in
the
pres
ence
of
His
glo
ry
b
lam
eles
s w
ith
grea
t joy
25
to
the
only
God
our
Sav
ior
thro
ugh
Jesu
s C
hris
t our
Lor
d
be
glo
ry
maj
esty
do
min
ion
an
d
auth
orit
y
b
efor
e al
l tim
e
and
n
ow
and
f
orev
er
A
men
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The Author and the Recipients
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TH
E A
UT
HO
R A
ND
TH
E R
ECIP
IEN
TS
Wha
t th
e R
ecip
ient
s A
re t
o D
o
Wha
t G
od H
as D
one
or
Pro
mis
es t
o D
o fo
r T
hem
Rec
ipie
nts
Aut
hor
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The Ungodly
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TH
E U
NG
OD
LY
Insi
ghts
from
2 P
eter
The
ir C
ompa
riso
n an
d T
heir
Con
tras
t
The
ir Ju
dgm
ent
The
ir D
escr
ipti
on