But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold — Jude shifts from condemnation to exhortation, calling the community to 'remember' (mnēsthēte, a call to active recall and internalization) the apostolic warnings about the coming of deceivers. The appeal to apostolic authority grounds the exhortation in the broader Christian tradition, suggesting that this conflict is not novel but fits within the expected trajectory of the last days. By positioning the apostolic 'foretelling' as vindicated history, Jude strengthens the community's confidence that they are not being caught by surprise but rather witnessing the fulfillment of predicted reality.

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