Jude 3 | RWP | e4.org | Beloved ( αγαπητο ). As in . All diligence ( πασαν σπουδην ). As in . Of our common salvation ( περ της κοινης ημων σωτηριας ). See this use of κοινος (common to all) in with πιστις , while in we have ισοτιμον πιστιν , which see. I was constrained ( αναγκην εσχον ). "I had necessity" like ; . To contend earnestly ( επαγωνιζεσθα ). Late and rare (in Plutarch, inscriptions) compound, here only in N.T. A little additional ( επ ) striving to the already strong αγωνιζεσθα ( αγων contest). Cf. αγωνιζου τον καλον αγωνα . For the faith ( τηι--πιστε ). Dative of advantage. Here not in the original sense of trust, but rather of the thing believed as in verse ; ; ; . Once for all delivered ( απαξ παραδοθειση ). First aorist passive participle feminine dative singular of παραδιδωμ , for which see . See also ; ; .

‏ Jude 3

Beloved ( αγαπητο ). As in 3Jo 1:2.

All diligence ( πασαν σπουδην ). As in 2Pe 1:5.

Of our common salvation ( περ της κοινης ημων σωτηριας ). See this use of κοινος (common to all) in Tit 1:4 with πιστις, while in 2Pe 1:1 we have ισοτιμον πιστιν, which see.

I was constrained ( αναγκην εσχον ). "I had necessity" like Lu 14:18; Heb 7:27.

To contend earnestly ( επαγωνιζεσθα ). Late and rare (in Plutarch, inscriptions) compound, here only in N.T. A little additional ( επ ) striving to the already strong αγωνιζεσθα ( αγων contest). Cf. 1Ti 6:12 αγωνιζου τον καλον αγωνα.

For the faith ( τηι--πιστε ). Dative of advantage. Here not in the original sense of trust, but rather of the thing believed as in verse 20; Ga 1:23; 3:23; Php 1:27.

Once for all delivered ( απαξ παραδοθειση ). First aorist passive participle feminine dative singular of παραδιδωμ, for which see 2Pe 2:21. See also 2Th 2:15; 1Co 11:2; 1Ti 6:20.