Jude 1:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:5-7

The invasion of the Church by error is no accident or surprise. "I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this," etc. It is not to be taken "as though some strange thing happened" ( 1 Peter 4:12 ). Faith is apt to be staggered or darkened by it. Yet it is to be anticipated. It has been the subject of prophecy. It is provided for in the Divine guidance of the Church, and it works to its own retribution. The history of God's ways, too, is the best corrective for faith's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:5-16

Here are reasons for resisting evil men drawn from examples of the Divine anger against others. As a scribe well-instructed, Jude brings from the treasures of Old Testament truth suitable illustrations to inspire believers with becoming earnestness in the work of defending the purity of the Church, and the completeness of Christian doctrine. They are reminded that no special relation to Jehovah—like that which subsisted between Israel and their Redeemer from the slavery of Egypt—will avail... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:6

The second instance of Divine judgment is taken from the angelic world. The copula connects it closely with the former, and gives it some emphasis: "angels, too," i.e., angels not less than the people selected by God to be a people for himself, have been examples of the terrible law of Divine retribution. The particular class of angels are defined as those who kept not their first estate; or better, their own principality. The idea conveyed by the term here is that of lordship rather... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:6

Second example of Divine vengeance. This is the case of the fallen angels. I. THE EXISTENCE OF EVIL ANGELS . It is expressly asserted in Scripture. There is no greater moral difficulty in understanding the existence of such beings than in understanding the existence of evil men. They are spoken of as "angels that sinned" ( 2 Peter 2:4 ), as devils "who enter into men" ( Luke 8:30 ), as beings to be judged by the saints ( 1 Corinthians 6:3 ). II. THEIR REVOLT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:7

The third example is taken from the history of the cities of the Plain. This example is closely connected with the immediately preceding by the even as with which the verse opens; which phrase expresses a likeness between the two cases, to wit, between the reservation of those angels in bonds for the final judgment, and the fate of those cities as subjects of the penal vengeance of God. Two of those cities of evil memory, Sodom and Gomorrah, are mentioned by name. The other two, Admah and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:7

Third example of Divine vengeance. This is the case of the cities of the plain. I. THE CAUSE OF THEIR PUNISHMENT . "Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and gone after strange flesh." 1 . God often assigns the most fertile places to the greatest sinners. Sodom is compared to "the garden of the Lord." 2 . Prosperity often becomes an occasion for much wickedness and impiety. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:6

And the angels which kept not their first estate - A second case denoting that the wicked would be punished. Compare the notes, 2 Peter 2:4. The word rendered “estate” (ἀρχὴν archēn) is, in the margin, “principality.” The word properly means, “beginning, commencement;” and then that which surpasses others, which is “first,” etc., in point of rank and honor; or pre-eminence, priority, precedence, princedom. Here it refers to the rank and dignity which the angels had in heaven. That rank or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jude 1:7

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha - Notes, 2 Peter 2:6.And the cities about them - Admah and Zeboim, Genesis 14:2; Deuteronomy 29:23; Hosea 11:8. There may have been other towns, also, that perished at the same time, but these are particularly mentioned. They seem to have partaken of the same general characteristics, as neighboring towns and cities generally do.In like manner - “In a manner like to these,” (τὸν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον ton homoion toutois tropon.) The Greek word “these,” is in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:6

Judges 1:6. And the angels which kept not their first estate Or, as the clause may be rendered, their first dignity, or principality, (see on 2 Peter 2:4,) namely, the dignity or principality assigned them; but left their own habitation Properly their own by the free gift of God. The apostle’s manner of speaking insinuates that they attempted to raise themselves to a higher station than that which God had allotted to them; consequently, that the sin for which they were and are to be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jude 1:7-8

Judges 1:7-8. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha See on 2 Peter 2:6-9; and the cities about them These were Admah and Zeboim. The four are mentioned Deuteronomy 29:23; Zoar, the fifth city in the plain of Sodom, was spared, at the request of Lot, for a place of refuge to him and his family. In like manner Τον ομοιον τουτοις τροπον , in a manner like to these; that is, either like to these wicked teachers, or like to the inhabitants of these wicked cities, Sodom and Gomorrah; giving... read more

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