So urgent and important a task as Jude has just outlined for his people cannot be done solely in human power. The dangers just alluded to through graphic imagery, visions of judgment and the warning to maintain a healthy reverence for God (in fear), are therefore wisely followed up with a liturgical-sounding refrain of praise within which Christians are to find themselves and take courage. As with some of the New Testament letters, this one closes by embedding two closely related prayers for those