Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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preserve you without sin: We are not told that a man can be without sin… but that God, if He chooses, can keep a man free from sin, and of His mercy guard him so that he may be without blemish. And I say that all things are possible with God; but that everything which a man desires is not possible to him, and especially. (St. Jerome Ag. Pel. Bk 1.24) Does he not most manifestly show that perseverance in good unto the end is God’s gift? And no one need doubt, but that whosoever prays from the Lord that he may persevere in good, confesses thereby that such perseverance is His gift. (St. Augustine Ag. Pel. 10)
Now to Him, he says, who is able to keep you without stumbling, and present you faultless before the presence of His glory in joy. In the presence of His glory: he means in the presence of the angels, to be presented faultless, having become angels. When Daniel speaks of the people and comes into the presence of the Lord, he does not say this, because he saw God: for it is impossible that any one whose heart is not pure should see God; but he says this, that everything that the people did was in the sight of God, and was manifest to Him; that is, that nothing is hid from the Lord.
Now, in the Gospel according to Mark (14:62), the Lord being interrogated by the chief of the priests if He was the Christ, the Son of the blessed God, answering, said, I am; and you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power. But powers mean the holy angels. Further, when He says at the right hand of God, He means the self-same [beings], by reason of the equality and likeness of the angel...
Now to him St. Jude concludes his epistle with this doxology of praising God, and praying to the only God, our Saviour, which may either signify God the Father, or God as equally agreeing to all the Three Persons , who are equally the cause of Christ's incarnation and man's salvation through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who being God from eternity, took upon him our human nature, that he might become our Redeemer. (Witham)
To whom, O Lord, can we give the glory of our salvation, unless to thee, to whom all is due? To whom can we consecrate our hearts, but to him who has redeemed them with his blood, sanctified them by his Spirit, and who is to make them happy by his glory? Reign there, O Lord, as on thy throne, now by thy love; that you may reign there hereafter with glory, magnificence, and sovereignty in heaven.
