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Jude – Chiasm
A – Jude serves our Savior, Jesus Christ (1a)
B – Beloved in God and kept for Jesus Christ (1b)
C – Mercy, love, and salvation (2-3a)
D – Contend for the faith (3b)
E – Prophecies from the OT (4-7)
F – False Teachers Described (8)
G – Michael the Archangel (9) (Apocryphal Source)
H – False Teachers Destroy Themselves (10-11)
H’ – False Teachers Dangerous to Others (12-13)
G’ – Enoch the Prophet (Apocryphal Source)
F’ – False Teachers Described (16) [Grumblers = reject authority; desires = flesh; blaspheme = arrogant words]
E’ – Predictions from the NT – (17-19)
D’ – Build yourselves up in the faith (20)
C’ – Mercy, love, and salvation (21-23)
B’ – Kept by God and presented to Jesus Christ (24)
A’ – Jude praises God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ (25)
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