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excuse himself. — rovg jSouXo^usvovg, those that wish ) that is, to receive us and them. — ix/3aXXe/, he casts out ) a great amount of insolence.
11. To xaxov, that which is evil) in Diotrephes. — ro ayaObv, that which is good ) in Demetrius. — iz rov 0soD, from God) who is good. — e<rnv, is) as born from Him.
12. Ay prirpiu, Demetrius) He seems to have been a minister who was a pattern of hospitality. — ripsTg, we) I , and they who are with me. — d's) yet: although Demetrius is already supplied with many testi- monies.— zxi oJdare, and ye know) for we do not deceive in anything.
15. teiXovc, friends) Compare John xv. 15. A title seldom found in the New Testament, since it is absorbed by the greater one of brotherhood. Philosophers are mistaken in supposing that friendship is not prepared (formed) by faith. — zar ovo/ax, by name) No less than if their names were written.
1. * Iovdug , Jude) The Epistle has three parts.
I. The Inscription, ver. 1, 2.
II. The Discussion : in which he exhorts them to contend for the faith, 3 :
And, having described the destruction and character of the adversaries, 4-16,
He admonishes the righteous, 17, 18 ;
Confirms them, 19-21 ;
And instructs them in their duty towards others, 22, 23.
III. The Conclusion, with a Doxology, 24, 25.
This Epistle closely agrees with the Second of Peter, which Jude appears to have had before his eyes. Comp. ver. 17, 18, with 2 Pet. iii. 3. Peter wrote that at the end of his life : from which it may be inferred, that St Jude lived longer, and saw, by that time, the great declension of all things in the Church, which had been foretold by St Peter. But he passes by some things mentioned by Peter, he expresses others with a different purpose and in different language, he adds others ; while the wisdom of the apostle plainly shines forth, and his severity increases. Thus Peter quotes and confirms Paul, and Jude quotes and confirms Peter. — ads \<p'og d's ’laiuJjpov, hut the brother of James) James was more widely known, being styled the brother of the Lord ; therefore Jude modestly calls himself the brother of James . — roTg) A periphrasis, to which the anti-