But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
A murmuring, complaining spirit marks a weak or wicked man; such people rail against God's providence and men's conduct, never content with their state. Those enslaved to sinful appetites are most prone to ungovernable passions. But remember what the apostles foretold, their rise in the Church confirms your faith rather than shakes it, and you must think it no strange thing.
AI summary
Commenting on Jude 1:16-25
Verse 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith. Comp. . On the word building, , seq. . 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.
Our aostle having, in the former part of this chapter, warned the Christians of the danger of seducers, he closes his epistle with directions and advice how they may be preserved from seduction, and what means they should use for their perseverance and establishment in the doctrine of Christ.