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.
Parallel translations
- WEB to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- KJV To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. 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.
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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 to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Rev 5:13–14I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
- John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- 1 Pet 5:10–11But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- Rev 4:9–11When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
- Rev 1:6and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
- Matt 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
- Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Eph 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- Ps 72:18–19Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Rom 16:27—
- Isa 45:21Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
- Titus 2:10not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
- John 4:22You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- Titus 1:3–4but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
- Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
- Ps 78:20Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
- Eph 1:8which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
- Ps 104:24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Tim 2:3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
- Rom 11:33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
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