JUDE Into the questions which relate to the genuineness and authenticity of this epistle it does not devolve upon us to enter. We have to consider it only in relation to the Parousia.
Internal evidence shows that it belongs to the last days.
The faith and love of the early church had declined, and error, division, and corruption had come in like a flood, so that it became necessary for the apostle to exhort the brethren earnestly to contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. As in 2 Peter ii. The resemblance cannot be mistaken. Their error consists in the denial of God and of Christ. It is quite evident that this description, which tallies so closely with that of 2 Peter ii. must have been derived from the same common source.