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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Jude 1:24 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
  • BSB Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
  • NKJV Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
  • NASB Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy,
  • NLT Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.

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Quick answer

Jude praises God as the one able to keep believers from stumbling and present them blameless and joyful before His glory.

Overview

After all the warnings, Jude lifts his readers' eyes to God in a doxology of confident praise. God Himself is able to guard His people from falling and to bring them faultless into His glorious presence with great joy. This assurance rests on Christ, whose saving work alone makes sinners blameless, completing the letter's theme that believers are kept by God from beginning to end.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Eph 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Col 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
  • John 10:29–30My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
  • Heb 13:20–21Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
  • Eph 5:27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  • 2 Cor 4:14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
  • Rom 16:25–27Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
  • Rev 14:5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Matt 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
  • Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
  • 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
  • Ps 21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
  • Rom 14:4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
  • Matt 5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
  • Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
  • Col 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
  • Luke 9:26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
  • Ps 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
  • 1 Th 4:16–17For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
  • Col 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
  • Matt 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
  • Matt 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Christ at the center

Christ is the one who keeps his people from stumbling and presents them blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy — the object of contending faith.

How Jude 1:24 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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