Jude 1:15 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:13 They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam, prophecied of such, saying, Beholde, the Lord commeth with thousands of his Saints,

Jude 1:15 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.

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their owne lustes: Whose mouthes speake proud things, hauing mens persons in admiration, because of aduantage.

Jude 1:17 But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "giue", "iudgement", "against", "rebuke", "vngodly", "wicked", "deeds", and "haue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "giue" and "iudgement", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam..." into verse 16's "These are murmurers complainers walking after their...", so "giue" and "iudgement" belong inside that flow. In Jude context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "giue" and "iudgement" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.