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James has had a stormy and uncertain history in the Christian church. It had a difficult time getting into the New Testament, achieving canonical status in the Greek Church in the fourth century, the Latin Church in the fifth century, and the Syrian Church in the eighth century. Martin Luther famously judged James “an epistle of straw” and did not think it apostolic. R. A. Martin’s commentary on...

the author of Jude is a brother (v 1) is the same James to whom the letter of James is ascribed (James 1:1). A notable literary feature of Jude is the frequent use of triplets or triads (vv 1, 2 etc.) and the development of thought through the use of link-words (e.g. beloved, love, beloved, vv 1, 2, 3) which establish the continuity and unity of the argument. A series of comparisons and contrasts mark the overall structure of the letter. The present intruders (v 4) against whom Jude inveighs are
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