1. Epistles = Words matter = Fixed form = Think = Reasoned
Keys To Interpreting
= Words matter
= Think
paragraphs
= Be careful w/
application
= Fixed form
= Reasoned
arguments
= Logical flow
Situational Letters
= Author = Audience
= Occasion = Date
Practice
Conclusion
Intro
Opening
Prayer
Teaching
Prologue
Epilogue
Instructional
Practical
Opening
Closing
Body

2. JUDE = Simple = To the point = Vivid = Rugged = Threes = Old Testament
Author: Jude, the brother of Jesus
JUDE
Style:
= Simple
= To the point
= Vivid
= Rugged
= Threes
= Old Testament
= Apocrypha
= 2 Peter
Date: AD
Audience: Jewish Christians
The Acts of the Apostates
Theme: Earnestly Contend
for the Faith
Place: Palestine
1-2
3-4
5-16
17-23
24-25
Introduction to
Jude
Purpose of
Jude
Description
of the
Apostates
Exhortation to
Believers
Doxology of
Jude
Opening
Purpose
Teaching
Practice
Closing

3. JUDE 1-2 Introduction to Jude The Author 1a The Audience 1b The
Address 2

4. JUDE
3-4
Purpose of
Jude
The
Appeal 3
The
Argument 4a
The
Apostates 4b

5. JUDE 5-16 Description of the Apostates Theme: Earnestly Contend
for the Faith
The Acts of
the Apostates
5-16
Description
of the
Apostates
Past
Destruction
5-7
Present
Conduct
8-10
O.T.
Prototypes 11
Natural
Pictures
12-13
Future
Destruction
14-15
Concluding
Remarks 16

6. JUDE 17-23 Exhortation to Believers Theme: Earnestly Contend
for the Faith
The Acts of
the Apostates
17-23
Exhortation to
Believers
Remember!
17-19
Remain!
20-21
Reach Out!
22-23

7. JUDE 24-25 Doxology of Jude Theme: Earnestly Contend for the Faith
The Acts of
the Apostates
24-25
Doxology of
Jude
The
Person 24
The
Praise 25