Jude 1:11 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jude 1:11

"Woe to them" is an imprecation of doom (cf. Isaiah 5:8-23; Habakkuk 2:6-20; Matthew 23:13-29; 1 Corinthians 9:16; et al.). It is the opposite of a blessing."The doom of apostates is no less sure than the glorification of the saints." [Note: Coder, p. 72.] Cain’s way was the way of godlessness and sensuality, violence and lust, greed and blasphemy, that led to divine judgment. It was the way of pride. Cain wanted to earn a relationship with God by his works, and he became a hateful... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jude 1:11

(11) Three examples of similar wickedness: Cain, Balaam, Korah.Woe unto them!—An echo of Christ’s denunciations in the first three Gospels, whereby the description of these evil-doers takes for the moment a denunciatory form. The past tenses immediately following are owing to the writer’s placing himself in thought at the moment when these men reap the consequences of their sins: their punishment is so certain, that he regards it as having come.In the way of Cain.—The first great criminal; the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jude 1:8-12

Chapter 34RAILING AT DIGNITIES-"THE ASSUMPTION OF MOSES"-ST. JUDE’S USE OF APOCRYPHAL LITERATURE.Judges 1:8-12ST. JUDE having given three terrible examples of the punishment of gross sin in Jews, Gentiles, and angels, proceeds to apply these instances to the libertines who in his own day, by their scandalous conduct as Christians, were provoking God to punish them in like manner; and the threefold description of their conduct here given seems to refer to the three instances just given, which... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jude 1:1-25

Analysis and Annotations I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1-2 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. The latter statement may also be translated “kept for Jesus Christ.” What was true of the believers in Jude’s day is true of all believers. Especially comforting is the fact, that, no matter how dark the days may be, however strong the current of evil, those who are “the beloved... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jude 1:11

1:11 {9} Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.(9) He foretells their destruction, because they resemble or proclaim Cain’s shameless malice, Balaam’s filthy covetousness, and to be short, Core’s seditious and ambitious head. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jude 1:1-25

CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chapter, points out the awful state of the reprobate. But still it is to the Church he speaks of those things, for their consolation and instruction. Towards the end, he points out the safety and blessedness of the Church, and concludes in praise. Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jude 1:11

They have imitated, or gone in the way of Cain, who murdered his brother; and they have a mortal hatred against the faithful. They have imitated Balaam [8] and his covetousness, (see 2 Peter ii. 15.) and Core [Korah], (Numbers xvi.) who with others opposed Moses; and as these sinners perished, so will they. (Witham) --- Way, &c. Heretics follow the way of Cain, by murdering the souls of their brethren; the way of Balaam by putting a scandal before the people of God, for their own... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jude 1:8-16

8-16 False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul. These teachers are of a disturbed mind and a seditious spirit; forgetting that the powers that be, are ordained of God, Romans 13:1. As to the contest about the body of Moses, it appears that Satan wished to make the place of his burial known to the Israelites, in order to tempt them to worship him, but he was prevented, and vented his rage in desperate blasphemy. This should remind all who dispute never to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jude 1:8-13

The character of the seducing teachers: v. 8. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. v. 9. Yet Michael, the archangel, when, contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee! v. 10. But these speak evil of those things which they know not; but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. v. ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jude 1:5-15

Jude 1:5-15Contents:—Three examples of the punitive justice of God, typical of the judgment awaiting those deceivers, introduced as a warning, Jude 1:6-8; more particular description of their sins. An exclamation of woe, Jude 1:11, followed by additional details of their character, and an application to them of a prophecy of Enoch.5I will17 therefore18 put you in remembrance, though ye19 once knew this,20 how that the Lord,21 having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward... read more