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Jude 15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
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Role in This Section
The prophecy continues by repeating that ungodly deeds and hard words will be exposed and judged.
Read It With
- Jude 14–16
Read Jude 14–16 as a complete section. Verses 14–15 form the Enochic judgment saying and verse 16 applies its language to the intruders' conduct.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 15 continues the quotation begun in verse 14; its repetitions must be read as part of that citation and its application in verse 16.
Read Jude 1:14–15 together
Why these verses belong together: Verse 15 completes the Enochic prophecy introduced in verse 14; neither line contains the whole saying by itself.
Verse 14. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Verse 15. 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jude 14–16 — Enoch's Judgment Saying Applied to the IntrudersSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact displayed KJV wording and immediate English context for Jude 14–16.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Jude 1, verses within Jude 14–16; 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 14–16.
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