To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Parallel translations
- WEB to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- BSB to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- NKJV To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. 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.
- 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.
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Quick answer
Jude ascribes glory, majesty, dominion, and power to the only wise God our Savior through Jesus Christ, forever.
Overview
The letter closes by giving all praise to God, who alone is wise and is our Savior, through the mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. The attributes of glory, majesty, dominion, and power, spanning past, present, and future, exalt God's supremacy over every threat the letter has named. Ending in worship, Jude reminds believers that contending for the faith ultimately serves the eternal glory of the saving God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 31
- 1 Tim 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Rev 5:13–14And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
- John 5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
- 1 Pet 5:10–11But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- Rev 4:9–11And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- Rev 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- 1 Chr 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Eph 3:21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
- Ps 72:18–19Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- Rom 16:27To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
- Isa 45:21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- John 4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- Titus 1:3–4But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
- Titus 3:4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- Ps 78:20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- Eph 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
- Ps 104:24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- 1 Pet 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Tim 2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
- Eph 3:10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
- Rom 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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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.
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