For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you.
To put this passage into context, let’s ask two questions:
Who is Jude? Answer: A servant of Jesus Christ.
Who is Jude writing to? Answer: Those who belong to (are “kept for”) Jesus Christ.
To summarize: Jude, called by Jesus, is writing to people who are also called by Jesus. The common name for a group of people who gather together to worship and honor Jesus is a church.
So let’s review: “certain individuals… have secretly slipped in among you.”
Is Jude being overly dramatic? He almost sounds as if he is describing a spy thriller. Who would want to secretly slip into a church group anyway?
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