Jude 24–25, King James Version
Italic words were supplied in the English translation for clarity.
Jude 24–25
God Is Able to Keep and Present His People
The last word is God's ability, not the church's combat score
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. After warnings, keeping, and rescue, the subject is God. He can guard the beloved from stumbling and present them without blemish before his glory, with joy. Present faultlessness is the destination of that keeping, not a claim that no one will err this week or that correction has become unnecessary.
The letter's commands still stand: remember, build, pray, keep, wait, show mercy, rescue. They stand inside God's power, not as a substitute for it. Jude will not let the church end staring at opponents.
Glory belongs to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. The KJV includes 'wise,' a word likely added under the influence of other doxologies; earlier witnesses often read simply 'the only God our Savior.' Some Greek forms also make 'through Jesus Christ our Lord' and 'before all time' explicit. The praise does not depend on winning those wording disputes.
Glory, majesty, dominion, and power are ascribed across time. The God who keeps and presents his people is the God who receives that praise through Jesus Christ. Confidence here should make the church more merciful, not more swaggering.
How this should shape us
After a hard season of discernment, close in praise. Protection and restoration finally rest on God, not on a perfect investigation or a perfect temper. Let that confidence keep mercy toward the doubting and keep you from turning every opponent into the infiltrator this letter actually describes.
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Where do careful interpreters disagree?
Best judgment: The adjective 'wise' and several doxological phrases vary across witnesses, partly through liturgical influence. The main movement is stable: God alone is Savior, acts through Jesus Christ, can keep and present his people, and deserves comprehensive eternal praise.
How certain? uncertainResearch trail and exact locationsThe source record behind this section
Supports: The exact displayed KJV wording and immediate English context for Jude 24–25.
eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Jude 1, verses within Jude 24–25; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, clause relationships, and visible variation markers checked for the passage.
Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Jude.txt, verses within Jude 24–25.
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax questions, and textual variants checked for this passage.
NET Bible, Jude 1, translator and textual notes attached to the verses in Jude 24–25.
Supports: Verse-level Greek, textual variants, older interpretive alternatives, and historical proposals tested against newer evidence.
Charles Bigg, The Epistle of St. Jude, commentary pp. 343–344; introduction pp. 306–322 where historical orientation is involved.
Supports: A cross-check of Greek forms and reasonable lexical range for reader-facing word notes.
STEP Bible Data repository, TAGNT and Greek lexical records, Jude 1, verses within Jude 24–25.
Supports: A modern whole-letter check on passage boundaries, argument, and major interpretive options.
Thomas R. Schreiner, Jude, heading 'Doxology,' verses within Jude 24–25; Introduction paragraphs 'Authorship,' 'Date,' and 'Recipients' where orientation claims are involved.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: The exact displayed KJV wording and immediate English context for Jude 24–25.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Jude 1, verses within Jude 24–25; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, clause relationships, and visible variation markers checked for the passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Jude.txt, verses within Jude 24–25.
Open the Jude Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Jude with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax questions, and textual variants checked for this passage.
Exact location: NET Bible, Jude 1, translator and textual notes attached to the verses in Jude 24–25.
Open source ↗public domain critical commentary
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude
Charles Bigg
T&T Clark / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902
Supports: Verse-level Greek, textual variants, older interpretive alternatives, and historical proposals tested against newer evidence.
Exact location: Charles Bigg, The Epistle of St. Jude, commentary pp. 343–344; introduction pp. 306–322 where historical orientation is involved.
Open source ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: A cross-check of Greek forms and reasonable lexical range for reader-facing word notes.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data repository, TAGNT and Greek lexical records, Jude 1, verses within Jude 24–25.
Open source ↗modern open commentary
Jude
Thomas R. Schreiner
The Gospel Coalition, 2023
Supports: A modern whole-letter check on passage boundaries, argument, and major interpretive options.
Exact location: Thomas R. Schreiner, Jude, heading 'Doxology,' verses within Jude 24–25; Introduction paragraphs 'Authorship,' 'Date,' and 'Recipients' where orientation claims are involved.
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