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Ἰούδας, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγιασμένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς (Jude 1)

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are sanctified in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ — the called.

The opening verse of Jude’s epistle is densely packed with theological and grammatical precision. With participial modifiers, appositional titles, and an elegant genitive construction, Ἰούδας, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου, τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρὶ ἠγιασμένοις καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τετηρημένοις κλητοῖς (Jude 1) establishes identity, audience, and divine action — all within a single sentence.… Learn Koine Greek