犹大书 1:20

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

但你們呢，親愛的，你們要在至聖的信仰上建立自己，在聖靈裡禱告，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
亲 爱 的 弟 兄 阿 ， 你 们 却 要 在 至 圣 的 真 道 上 造 就 自 己 ， 在 圣 灵 里 祷 告 ，

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ judge every person. He is coming to punish all who are against God for all the evil they have done against him. And he will punish the sinners who are against God for all the evil they have said against him." ¹⁶ These people complain and blame others, doing the evil things they want to do. They brag about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want. ¹⁷ Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said before. ¹⁸ They said to you, "In the last times there will be people who laugh about God, following their own evil desires which are against God." ¹⁹ These are the people who divide you, people whose thoughts are only of this world, who do not have the Spirit. ²⁰ But dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up, praying in the Holy Spirit. ²¹ Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ with his mercy to give you life forever. ²² Show mercy to some people who have doubts. ²³ Take others out of the fire, and save them. Show mercy mixed with fear to others, hating even their clothes which are dirty from sin. ²⁴ God is strong and can help you not to fall. He can bring you before his glory without any wrong in you and can give you great joy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:1 - pour oil Joshua 23:11 - love 1 Kings 2:4 - That the Lord Job 22:23 - built up Proverbs 22:5 - he Zechariah 12:10 - of supplications Matthew 10:22 - but Luke 11:1 - teach Luke 12:36 - men John 4:23 - in spirit John 14:26 - Holy Ghost John 15:4 - Abide John 15:9 - continue John 16:27 - the Father Acts 2:42 - and in prayers Acts 9:31 - were edified Acts 14:22 - exhorting Acts 15:29 - if ye Acts 20:32 - to build Romans 8:26 - but Romans 11:22 - if thou Romans 15:14 - able 1 Corinthians 14:3 - edification 1 Corinthians 14:15 - I will pray with the spirit 2 Corinthians 3:8 - the ministration Galatians 3:14 - might Galatians 4:6 - crying Galatians 5:1 - Stand Ephesians 2:18 - by Ephesians 4:5 - one faith Ephesians 6:18 - in the Philippians 3:3 - worship Philippians 4:1 - so Philippians 4:6 - in Colossians 2:7 - built 1 Thessalonians 5:11 - and edify Hebrews 12:15 - Looking

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it.

Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night. These lights will be used for signs, seasons, days, and years.

Genesis 1:22
God blessed them and said, "Have many young ones so that you may grow in number. Fill the water of the seas, and let the birds grow in number on the earth."

Genesis 1:24
Then God said, "Let the earth be filled with animals, each producing more of its own kind. Let there be tame animals and small crawling animals and wild animals, and let each produce more of its kind." And it happened.

Genesis 1:25
So God made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling animals to produce more of their own kind. God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:30
I have given all the green plants as food for every wild animal, every bird of the air, and every small crawling animal." And it happened.

Genesis 2:19
From the ground God formed every wild animal and every bird in the sky, and he brought them to the man so the man could name them. Whatever the man called each living thing, that became its name.

Genesis 8:17
Bring every animal out of the boat with you—the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. Let them have many young ones so that they might grow in number."

1 Kings 4:33
He taught about many kinds of plants—everything from the great cedar trees of Lebanon to the weeds that grow out of the walls. He also taught about animals, birds, crawling things, and fish.

Psalms 148:10
wild animals and all cattle, crawling animals and birds,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye, beloved,.... :-;

building up yourselves on your most holy faith; some copies, and the Complutensian edition, read, "our most holy faith"; meaning the doctrine of faith in all its branches, which is holy, a most holy doctrine; which displays the holiness of God, and is a means of beginning and increasing internal holiness in the saints, and of encouraging and exciting them to external holiness of life and conversation: this phrase, מהימנותא קדישא, "holy faith", is in use with the Jews k: and it becomes the saints to build up one another upon this; the doctrine of faith, is a foundation to build upon, particularly what regards the person, offices, and grace of Christ, and is itself of an edifying nature; and they should not content themselves with their present knowledge of it, but seek for an improvement in it; and though they were passive when first built on Christ and his doctrines, and though ministers are greatly instruments in building of them up more and more; yet they are capable of building up themselves, and one another, by attending on the ministry of the word, and by private conversation, with each other, and particularly by

praying in the Holy Ghost; which is a special means of increase and establishment in the doctrine of faith; the Holy Ghost is the author and enditer of prayer, and an assister in it; without him saints cannot call God their Father, nor pray with faith and fervency, or with freedom and liberty.

k Zohar in Gen. fol. 47. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith - Compare the notes at Jude 1:3. On the word “building,” see the 1 Corinthians 3:9-10 notes; Ephesians 2:20 note. It is said here that they were to “build up themselves;” that is, they were to act as moral and responsible agents in this, or were to put forth their own proper exertions to do it. Dependent, as we are, and as all persons with correct views will feel themselves to be, yet it is proper to endeavor to do the work of religion as if we had ample power of ourselves. See the notes at Philippians 2:12. The phrase “most holy faith” here refers to the system of religion which was founded on faith; and the meaning is, that they should seek to establish themselves most firmly in the belief of the doctrines, and in the practice of the duties of that system of religion.

Praying in the Holy Ghost - See the notes at Ephesians 6:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jude 1:20. Building up yourselves — Having the most holy faith-the Gospel of our Lord Jesus, and the writings of his apostles, for your foundation; founding all your expectations on these, and seeking from the Christ who is their sum and substance; all the grace and glory ye need.

Praying in the Holy Ghost — Holding fast the Divine influence which ye have received, and under that influence making prayer and supplication to God. The prayer that is not sent up through the influence of the Holy Ghost is never likely to reach heaven.