In this letter we are invited to listen to the words of a brother of the Lord Jesus. He writes to these believers to challenge them to contend for the faith, once delivered to the saints. False teachers had come among them, so he reminds them of people in the past who had followed false ways: from the people who had left Egypt, but did not really believe, to those who perished in Korah’s rebellion. He tells them that this attitude will continue right up until the end. But he assures them that God is able to keep them from stumbling and to present them, and us, blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.

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