Isa. iv. 3 ; but he is speaking of the prediction of Scripture. naXa/, of old, in the time of Enoch, ver. 14 ; and since he himself only spake it, and did not also write it, it must be regarded as an abbrevi- ated expression, in this sense : They were long ago foretold by Enoch, and afterwards marked out by the written word. Therefore comp, the word ucfefisTs, ungodly) with ver. 15. The meaning of sig is as far as relates to. T ovro) this , is forcibly demonstrative: the apostle already, as it were, seeing their punishment. The language used by Enoch comprises all the ungodly of the beginning and of the end of the world. The disposition and the punishment of all are alike. — 57/xwv, of us) not of the ungodly. — yd piv, the grace) of the Gospel. — rbv povov detKorvV) the only Master) Ecclus. xviii. 33, in the Complutensian Edition: Kpt'nWwv ^rappyjGia sv bzcrtorri /xovu)) tinip vsxpu % upbicc vr/.pti avrs- yirou. — ytai Kvpiov , and Lord) St Jude shows that the impiety of those whom he censures, makes attacks both against God and against Christ : rijv rov 0EOX jj/Awv yapiv f/jSranQivrsg sis «(TsXy=/av, xui rov / xovov beacrorqv xai Kvpiov vj/xuv IH20TN XPI2TON dpvovfisvor who alter the grace of our God as relates to [“into”] lasciviousness , and deny our only Master) and Lord Jesus Christ. This was not observed by those who inserted Osov after beGtrorqv.1 A passage exactly parallel occurs, 2 Pet. ii. 1, rov ayopudavra, ai irovg befftforriv dpvov/yosvoi) denying the Lord that bought them. — dpvov^svoi) denying) Let the portentous fictions (heresies) of the ancient heretics, as mentioned by the fathers, be thoroughly weighed.
5. ' T^ro/jjvriGoU) to remind) In an active sense. — eiborag iy^as, though you know) The Accusative Absolute, as Acts xxvi. 3. The reason why he only admonishes or reminds them is, because they already know it, and have ascertained it once for all. This expression answers to that of Peter, knowing this first. — acrag) once for all : ver. 3, note. — tfwtfac, having saved) There is an antithesis in, destroyed.
6. ’AyysXouc, the angels) 2 Pet. ii. 4, note. — (i r\ rnpriGavrcig) that kept not) They ought therefore to have kept it. — apyw) their dignity; the state once for all assigned to them, under the Son of God : Col. i. — a;roX/ffoi/ras, who left) of their own accord. — 7biov, their own) be- fitting them. — olxrirripioV) habitation) bright and shining, opposed to ZpyoV) darkness . — dibioig , everlasting) A dreadful epithet, as here used. So ver. 7, a iuviov, everlasting . — nrrjprixtV) He hath reserved) determined to reserve.
1 ABC Vulg. and most Versions omit ©sou. Rec. Text inserts it, with more recent Uncial MSS., and with the two Syr. Versions alone of very ancient authorities. — E.