This set of detailed commentaries provides valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text. Over the years this series has been instrumental in shedding light on the Scriptures so that translators all over the world could complete the important task of putting God's Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. Over the years church leaders and Bible readers have found the UBS Handbooks to be useful for their own study, since many of the issues Bible translators must address when trying to communicate the Bible's message to modern readers are the ones Bible students must address when approaching the Bible text as a part of their own private study and devotions.
“Jude is exhorting his readers not simply to defend the faith, but to fight for it and to actively promote it, not only with words but also in action.” (Pages 13–14)
“Faith as Jude uses it here refers not to a person’s response, but primarily to the content of what is believed, that is, Christian doctrine or teaching, or to the Christian faith as a religious movement.” (Page 14)
“‘ungodliness’ has two basic elements: irreverence toward God and unrighteous or evil conduct as a result of such an attitude.” (Page 17)
“First of all, they are intruders who have secretly gained admission to the church. The Greek verb here means ‘to sneak in under false pretenses,’ ‘to slip in unnoticed,’ ‘to slip in stealthily,’ ‘to infiltrate.’” (Page 16)
“God’s love for you,’ which would be parallel to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ in the next part of the verse. In this case Jude is telling his readers that they should live and act with the consciousness that God loves them; if they believe that God loves them, then such a faith demands an appropriate response: their life must show that they are indeed controlled by God’s love.” (Page 54)