Jude 1:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
σωτηρία
salvation,
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σωτηρία
From soter — saviour, the one who rescues from danger. Soteria is comprehensive — healing, wholeness, rescue, preservation. Peter stands before the council and says there is no other name. Not as arrogance. As the deepest mercy — there is one who can save, and His name is Jesus.
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παραδίδωμι
Delivered
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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πίστις
Faith
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πίστις
Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.
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παρακαλέω
exhorting you
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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ἔχω
I had
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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ἅγιος
Saints
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ἅγιος
Holy, sacred, set apart. Hagios. The Holy Spirit. The Holy One. Holiness is not cold distance from the world. It is burning closeness to God.
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γράφω
to write
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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κοινός
shared
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κοινός
common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane
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σπουδή
diligence
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σπουδή
"speed", i.e. (by implication) despatch, eagerness, earnestness
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ποιέω
using
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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ἐπαγωνίζομαι
to contend earnestly
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ἐπαγωνίζομαι
to struggle for
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