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ESV: to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

NIV: to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

NASB: to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and now and forever. Amen.

CSB: to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.

NLT: All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.

KJV: To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

NKJV: To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.

Jude concludes his letter with swelling praise to God. He describes God as "the only God, our Savior." Although the apostates—rebellious nonbelievers—worshipped themselves, there is only one God, and He saves from their sins all who trust in His Son Jesus (Acts 4:12). Jude ascribes to God inestimable worth, sovereign rule, omnipotence, and full authority. He offers his praise through the Lord Jesus Christ, the one Mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). The attributes that Jude ascribes to God belong to God eternally according to the last part of Jude 1:25.

Jude's letter describes men at their worst and God at His best. Believers are on the side of victory! After writing this magnificent doxology, Jude ends his letter with one word, "Amen," meaning, "so be it" or "truly."

Jude 1:24–25 is the closing signature of this letter. In these verses Jude encourages his readers and ascribes praise to God. These statements continue the general theme given in prior verses: to avoid sin, with the purpose of exalting Christ.

Jude's brief letter describes men at their worst and God at His best. Believers are already on the victorious side! Those who mock God's truth and who follow their own desires all while claiming to be Christians, are the most dangerous kind of unbelievers. These persons pose a danger to themselves and to any Christians they might influence. In response, Christians need to focus on understanding the truth of God's written Word and submitting to His will.

Jude is a single-chapter letter which reflects earlier warnings about apostates and their false teachings. Other passages of Scripture describe evil men who taught that Jesus was not fully human or fully God (1 John 2:22; 4:1–3), that God's grace allowed them to live immorally (2 Peter 2; Romans 6:1, 15), that Jesus blood was not an adequate sacrifice (Galatians 1:6–9; Hebrews 3:12–19; 10:19), and sinners gain a right standing in God's sight by keeping the law of Moses (Galatians 5:4, 7–9). Jude's letter combats false teaching and exhorts readers to remain faithful to the Lord.

The book of Jude is a letter written by a half-brother of Jesus, likely later than AD 66–67, which was after 2 Peter was written. Its placement immediately before the book of Revelation is appropriate. This letter warns about false religion and evil men, whom Revelation describes as maliciously affecting political and religious conditions.

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