Barren Results
Barren Results Jude 1–2 Chapter summary. Jude modestly identifies himself and greets fellow believers ( vv. 1–2 ). He had hoped to write a positive letter about the salvation they enjoy but instead felt compelled by the appearance of so many false teachers to write a letter of warning ( vv. 3–4 ). History has shown that God punishes the wicked and perverse ( vv. 5–7 ). He will surely punish the arrogant false teachers who reject authority and approach spiritual realities with no more understanding than brute beasts ( vv. 8–10 ). These false teachers follow the example of others in history whom God rejected and punished ( v. 11 ) and are like specters, walking among them without life or the capacity to enrich those who do have life ( vv. 12–13 ). Here Jude approvingly quotes a contemporary Jewish religious tract: The writer is correct in his vision of the Lord coming to judge ungodly sinners—like these false teachers who follow their own evil desires ( vv. 14–16 )...