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to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
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God's Eternal Dominion
Commentators emphasize the doxology's vast scope. By ascribing glory, majesty, dominion, and power to God 'before all time, and now, and for evermore,' Jude makes what one scholar calls 'as complete a statement of eternity as can be made in human language.' This eternal sovereignty is the foundation for the believer's security, ensuring God's plan of salvation is unshakeable.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the only wise God. See Barnes on Romans 16:27; and on 1 Timothy 1:17.
Our Saviour. The word Saviour
To the only God our Saviour (μονω θεω σωτηρ ημων). Dative in the noble doxology. See Ro 16:27, μονω σοφω θεω (to the alone wise Go…
19th Century
Anglican
Concluding Doxology.(24) Now unto him that is able.—Compare the conclusion in Romans 16:25. It would be rash to infe…
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Baptist
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, to the on…
“To the only God our Savior” points to the monotheistic nature of the faith by showing that the Father is the Savior as well as the Son. Whatever t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To the only wise God our Saviour By whom is meant, not the Trinity of Persons in general, nor the Father in particul…
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God is able, and as willing as he is able, to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as those who h…
