Contend for the Faith
Jude says he meant to write about salvation but felt compelled instead to warn against certain persons who had crept in, denying authority and using God's grace as cover for immorality.
A short, vehement warning against corrupting teachers who had slipped in.
Jude is a single chapter, attributed to a brother of James, urging its readers to defend the faith against people already inside the community whom it accuses of turning grace into license.
Jude says he meant to write about salvation but felt compelled instead to warn against certain persons who had crept in, denying authority and using God's grace as cover for immorality.
The letter piles up cases of judgment - the wilderness generation, fallen angels, Sodom - and quotes non-biblical Jewish writings, including the book of Enoch, to underline that such conduct has always had consequences.
Jude ends by telling readers to build themselves up, pray, wait for mercy, and try to rescue others from the fire, followed by a doxology that is still widely used in worship.