<p>1:3 <i>Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you, urging you to contend earnestly for the faith which was delivered once and for all to his saints</i>- Jude gives the impression that he sat down to write a positive missive of encouragement concerning the great salvation he and his readers had in common, but changed course to warn them to defend the faith. We see here a window onto the meaning of Divine inspiration; the will of the writer is not completely obliterated, but rather was worked with by the Spirit.</p><p>The Bible speaks of &ldquo;the faith&rdquo;, &ldquo;the Gospel&rdquo;, as a set of doctrines, a deposit of truth which has been delivered to the believer (Eph. 4:4&ndash;6) &ndash; &ldquo;the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints&rdquo; (Jude 3 ASV). That truth cannot be added to nor subtracted from, as the Bible itself makes clear &ndash; especially in the appeals of Paul and Peter to maintain the purity of the one faith. This means that a vitally true doctrine cannot become &lsquo;added&rsquo; to that body of truth. Jaroslav Pelikan correctly reflected: &ldquo;What can it mean for a doctrine to &lsquo;become&rsquo; part of the Catholic faith, which is, by definition, universal both in space and in time?&rdquo;.</p><p>We note that the &quot;saints&quot; are the 'sanctified ones' of :1; the same word is used.</p>