What measure or standard was used to determine which books should be classified as Scripture? A key verse to understanding the process and purpose, and perhaps the timing of the giving of Scripture, is Jude 3 which states that a Christian's faith “was once for all entrusted to the saints.”
Ni kipimo au kiwango gani kilitumiwa kuamua ni vitabu gani lazima viwekwe katiak kundi la maandiko? Mstari muhimu katika kuelewa utaratibu na nia, na labda muda wa utoaji wa maandiko, ni Yuda 3 ambayo inasema kwamba imani ya Kikristo ya "ili niwaonye kwamba mwishindanie imani waliyokabidhiwa watakatifu mara moja tu."