Jude – Outline shows the structure of an epistle written to the churches of Palestine after the death of James (62 CE) and before the more intense escalation of hostilities during the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73).

• Prescript, 1-2
• Opening Statement, 3-4
• Body Middle, 5-19
  • Disclosure formula, 5a
  • Precedents, 5b-13
    1. First triad: Groups, 5-10
       • Data, 5b-7
         • Exhibit A: The wilderness generation, 5b
         • Exhibit B: The fallen angels, 6
         • Exhibit C: Sodom and Gomorrah, 7
       • Midrash, 8
         (Supplementary event and midrash, 9-10)
    2. Second triad: Individuals, 11-13
       • Data, 11
         • Exhibit A: Cain, 11a
         • Exhibit B: Balaam, 11b
         • Exhibit C: Korah, 11c
       • Midrash, 12-13
  • Testimony, 14-19
    1. Non-canonical, 14-16
       • Text, 14-15
       • Midrash, 16
    2. Canonical, 17-19
       • Text, 17-18
       • Midrash, 19
• Paraenesis, 20-23
• Closing: Doxology, 24-25