1. Jude 1:25 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Jude add "through Jesus Christ our Lord"?

Jude 1:25 (ESV)

25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Jesus is a direct manifestation of God through whom people have a relationship with God. It is through Jesus that the act of salvation of God has come to humanity. All praise and honour are acceptable to God only through Jesus Christ (see also Romans 16:27; Hebrews 13:15; 1 Peter 2:5).