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NASB | Jude 1:3 ¶ 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:3 ¶ Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I was compelled to write to you [urgently] appealing that you fight strenuously for [the defense of] the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith that is the sum of Christian belief that was given verbally to believers]. |
Bible Question: why I need to contend for faith? |
Bible Answer: Challengeheart: You ask: "Why I need to contend for faith?" The question is actually answered in verses 3 and 4 of Jude. Taken together, these two verses expand on the idea of contending for THE faith. Note that here it is not that we are to contend for 'faith' (as though it were our own personal faith, our personal ability or capacity to believe), but for 'the faith'. The next logical question would be: In the context, what is meant by the term 'the faith'? In the NASB, it is translated 'the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.' AMPLIFIED: 'the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God].' NLT: 'the truth of the Good News.' GOD'S WORD Translation: 'the Christian faith that was entrusted to God's holy people once for all time.' Now that we have a clearer understanding of what is meant by 'the faith,' let us consider WHY we are to contend for the faith, according to the Scriptures. NASB Jude 1 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. AMPLIFIED Jude 1 3 Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God]. 4 For certain men have crept in stealthily [gaining entrance secretly by a side door]. Their doom was predicted long ago, ungodly (impious, profane) persons who pervert the grace (the spiritual blessing and favor) of our God into lawlessness and wantonness and immorality, and disown and deny our sole Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). NLT Jude 1 3 Dearly loved friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the truth of the Good News. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy people. 4 I say this because some godless people have wormed their way in among you, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. GOD'S WORD Translation Jude 1 3 Dear friends, I had intended to write to you about the salvation we share. But something has come up. It demands that I write to you and encourage you to continue your fight for the Christian faith that was entrusted to God's holy people once for all time. 4 Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God's kindness as an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Note also that 'those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation' are FALSE TEACHERS -- 'certain persons [who] have crept in unnoticed', 'ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.' Grace and peace, Radioman2 |
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