General letters and Revelation
The book of Jude
A call to “contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” against ungodly teachers.
Jude had planned to write about salvation but was compelled to warn instead (Jude 3). He quotes a saying of Enoch (v. 14–15), which this timeline notes as a historical source.
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
Contend for the faith. Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Jude 1:3 (World English Bible)
People
JudeJamesEnochCainMosesKorahBalaamMichael
Places
On the timeline
God takes EnochSodom and Gomorrah destroyedKorah's rebellion; Aaron's staff budsMoses dies on Mount NeboPeter's second letter and the letter of Jude
Dating notes
This timeline plots AD 66, alongside 2 Peter, with which it shares many themes. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.