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Geneva Bible

Jude 1:20

But, yee beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Hell;   Holy Spirit;   Zeal, Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Benediction;   Greeting;   Jude, the Book of;   Trinity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Edification;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
King James Version (1611)
But yee beloued, building vp your selues on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost,
King James Version
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
English Standard Version
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
New American Standard Bible
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
New Century Version
But dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up, praying in the Holy Spirit.
THE MESSAGE
But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Berean Standard Bible
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Contemporary English Version
Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray.
Complete Jewish Bible
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith, and pray in union with the Ruach HaKodesh.
Darby Translation
But *ye*, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Easy-to-Read Version
But you, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up even stronger. Pray with the help of the Holy Spirit.
George Lamsa Translation
But you, my beloved, build up yourselves anew in the holy faith through the Holy Spirit, by means of prayer.
Good News Translation
But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
Lexham English Bible
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,
Literal Translation
But you, beloved, building yourselves up by your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Amplified Bible
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
American Standard Version
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Bible in Basic English
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrew Names Version
But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Ruach HaKodesh.
International Standard Version
But you, dear friends, must continue to build yourselves up on your most holy faith. Pray in the Holy Spirit,[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But you, my beloved, in your holy faith be edified anew, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Murdock Translation
But, my beloved, be ye built up anew, in your holy faith, through the Holy Spirit, while ye pray.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But ye dearely beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy fayth, praying in the holy ghost,
English Revised Version
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
World English Bible
But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But ye, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying thro' the Holy Spirit.
Weymouth's New Testament
But you, my dearly-loved friends, building yourselves up on the basis of your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But ye, moost dere britheren, aboue bilde you silf on youre moost hooli feith, and preye ye in the Hooli Goost,
Update Bible Version
But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Webster's Bible Translation
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying by the Holy Spirit,
New English Translation
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,
New King James Version
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
New Living Translation
But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
New Life Bible
Dear friends, you must become strong in your most holy faith. Let the Holy Spirit lead you as you pray.
New Revised Standard
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, ye, beloved! building yourselves up in your most holy faith, in Holy Spirit, praying,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Revised Standard Version
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But ye derlye beloved edyfie yovre selves in youre most holy fayth prayinge in the holy goost
Young's Literal Translation
And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye derlye beloued, edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith, prayenge in the holy goost,
Mace New Testament (1729)
but you, my brethren, improve yourselves in your most holy faith, present your addresses by the holy spirit,
Simplified Cowboy Version
But you cowboys, y'all keep riding in faith. Pray with the power of the Holy Ghost.

Contextual Overview

15 To giue iudgement against al men, and to rebuke all the vngodly among them of all their wicked deeds, which they haue vngodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which wicked sinners haue spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their owne lustes: Whose mouthes speake proud things, hauing mens persons in admiration, because of aduantage. 17 But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ, 18 How that they told you that there should be mockers in ye last time, which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes. 19 These are they that separate them selues from other, naturall, hauing not the Spirit. 20 But, yee beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, 21 And keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercie of our Lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life. 22 And haue compassion of some, in putting difference: 23 And other saue with feare, pulling them out of the fire, & hate euen that garment which is spotted by the flesh. 24 Nowe vnto him that is able to keepe you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glorie with ioy,

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
Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament. and it was so.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lightes in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them, saying, Bring foorth fruite and multiplie, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the foule multiplie in the earth.
Genesis 1:24
Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde. and it was so.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:30
Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate. and it was so.
Genesis 2:19
So the Lorde God formed of the earth euery beast of the fielde, and euery foule of the heauen, and brought them vnto the man to see howe he would call them: for howsoeuer the man named the liuing creature, so was the name thereof.
Genesis 8:17
Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, yt they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite & increase vpon ye earth.
1 Kings 4:33
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vnto the hyssope that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of foules, and of creeping thinges, and of fishes.
Psalms 148:10
Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

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.


 
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