Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

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,

King James Bible
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit,

International Standard Version
But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.

American Standard Version
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But you, my beloved, building yourselves upon you most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

Darby Bible Translation
But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

Young's Literal Translation
And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,

Cross References

Acts 6:7
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do.

Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:17-23 Sensual men separate from Christ, and his church, and join themselves to the devil, the world, and the flesh, by ungodly and sinful practices. That is infinitely worse than to separate from any branch of the visible church on account of opinions, or modes and circumstances of outward government or worship. Sensual men have not the spirit of holiness, which whoever has not, does not belong to Christ. The grace of faith is most holy, as it works by love, purifies the heart, and overcomes the world, by which it is distinguished from a false and dead faith. Our prayers are most likely to prevail, when we pray in the Holy Ghost, under his guidance and influence, according to the rule of his word, with faith, fervency, and earnestness; this is praying in the Holy Ghost. And a believing expectation of eternal life will arm us against the snares of sin: lively faith in this blessed hope will help us to mortify our lusts. We must watch over one another; faithfully, yet prudently reprove each other, and set a good example to all about us. This must be done with compassion, making a difference between the weak and the wilful. Some we must treat with tenderness. Others save with fear; urging the terrors of the Lord. All endeavours must be joined with decided abhorrence of crimes, and care be taken to avoid whatever led to, or was connected with fellowship with them, in works of darkness, keeping far from what is, or appears to be evil.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20. Resuming Jude 17.

building up yourselves—the opposite to the "separate themselves" (Jude 19): as "in the Holy Ghost" is opposed to "having not the Spirit."

on—as on a foundation. Building on THE FAITH is equivalent to building on Christ, the object of faith.

praying in the Holy Ghost—(Ro 8:26; Eph 6:18). The Holy Spirit teaches what we are to pray for, and how. None can pray aright save by being in the Spirit, that is, in the element of His influence. Chrysostom states that, among the charisms bestowed at the beginning of the New Testament dispensation, was the gift of prayer, bestowed on someone who prayed in the name of the rest, and taught others to pray. Moreover, their prayers so conceived and often used, were received and preserved among Christians, and out of them forms of prayer were framed. Such is the origin of liturgies [Hammond].