Jude 1:3: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Jude planned to write about the salvation we share, but the presence of false teachers pressed him to urge the church to contend for the faith. His short letter shows that guarding the settled deposit of the gospel is a pastoral duty, not a harsh one.
Jude 1:3: Contending for the Faith Once Delivered
Jude 1:3 shows that the faith is a settled body of teaching handed down once for all, and that defending it is the ordinary work of the whole congregation, not only of leaders.