Outline of Jude: Contend, keep and show mercy
Contend for the faith against corrupt intruders, remain in God's love, show discerning mercy, and trust the God who keeps His people blameless.
Contend for the faith 1
Recognize the intruders' certain judgment, remain in God's love and help others, trusting God's keeping power.
- 1Jude 1: Contend for the faith
Contend for the faith against ungodly intruders whose judgment is sure; keep yourselves in God's love, for He keeps you.
Called, loved, and kept 1:1–2 · Contend earnestly for the faith 1:3–4 · I want to remind you 1:5–7 · These dreamers 1:8–10 · The path of Cain 1:11–13 · Enoch … prophesied about them 1:14–16 · Remember what was foretold by the apostles 1:17–19 · Keep yourselves in the love of God 1:20–23 · To Him who is able to keep you 1:24–25
Called, loved and kept 1:1–2
Jude greets God's people with mercy, peace and love.
The faith under threat 1:3–4
The arrival of people who misuse grace requires an urgent defense of the received faith.
Judgment and arrogant speech 1:5–10
Earlier judgments expose the intruders' danger, and Michael's restraint exposes their presumption.
Ancient rebels and present corruption 1:11–16
Biblical rebels, images of emptiness and Enoch's testimony reveal the intruders' character and end.
The apostles warned you 1:17–19
The divisive people without the Spirit match the apostles' warning about scoffers.
Faith, prayer, hope and mercy 1:20–23
Remain in God's love through faith, prayer and hope, and show discerning mercy to those in danger.
Glory to the God who keeps 1:24–25
Praise the only God through Jesus Christ: He can keep His people and present them blameless with joy.
Plus What TheoMaps holds for the outline of Jude
- The 9 section notes, one for every section of Jude
- How each of its 7 movements leads into the next, in its own words
- The shape of Jude: 3 repeated words and phrases and 1 literary pattern
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