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Jude 1:21
21keep yourselves in the love of 1God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jude 1:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- New International Version (NIV)keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Context of Jude 1:21
19These are they who set [themselves] apart, natural [men], not having [the] Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference, 23but others save with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε, προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jude 1:21
- Jude 1:24But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,
- John 14:21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
- John 15:9As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
- Acts 11:23who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
- 1 John 4:16And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- 1 John 5:18We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not touch him.
- Revelation 12:11and they have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.
- Romans 5:5and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by [the] Holy Spirit which has been given to us:
- Romans 8:39nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which [is] in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.
- 1 John 3:16Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.
- Job 14:14(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
- Lamentations 3:25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
- Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
- Luke 12:36and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
- 2 Timothy 4:8Henceforth the crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will render to me in that day; but not only to me, but also to all who love his appearing.
Commentaries on Jude 1:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Keep yourselves in the love of God - By building up yourselves on your most holy faith, and praying in the Holy Ghost; for without this we shall soon lose the love of God. Looking for the mercy of our Lord - For although they were to build themselves up, and to pray in the Holy Ghost, and keep themselves in the love of God, yet this building, praying, and keeping, cannot merit heaven; for, after all their diligence, earnestness, self-denial, watching…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Keep yourselves in the love of God - Still adverting to their own agency. On the duty here enjoined, see the notes at John 15:9. The phrase “the love of God” may mean either God‘s love to us, or our love to him. The latter appears, however, to be the sense here, because it is not a subject which could be enjoined, that we should keep up “God‘s love to us.” That is a point over which we can have no control, except so far as it may be the result of our…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-23Verses 17-23 Sensual men separate from Christ, and his church, and join themselves to the devil, the world, and the flesh, by ungodly and sinful practices. That is infinitely worse than to separate from any branch of the visible church on account of opinions, or modes and circumstances of outward government or worship. Sensual men have not the spirit of holiness, which whoever has not, does not belong to Christ. The grace of faith is most holy, as it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-23After condemning the false teachers, Jude again encourages his readers directly (see 1:3–4). The apostles had warned them about false teachings (1:17–19). They should support each other in their faith (1:20–21). They should help those who might be misled by the false teachers (1:22–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. In Jude 20, 21, Jude combines the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: and faith, hope, and love. Keep yourselves--not in your own strength, but "in the love of God," that is, God's love to you and all His believing children, the only guarantee for their being kept safe. Man's need of watching is implied; at the same time he cannot keep himself, unless God in His love keep him. looking for--in hope. the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ--to be fully…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jude 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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