the letter’s body. With full knowledge of the opponents’ danger and bankruptcy in God’s eyes (vv. 5–19), Jude has set out four elements intrinsic to Christian existence (vv. 20–21) that together form a way of life, a set of values and a worldview completely in contrast with the antinomian outlook and practices of the false teachers. The last of these is the tempering reality of the unfinished nature of the Christian experience in this age and the necessary expectancy of God’s mercy in the coming