English Standard Version
Jude 1:2
2May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Jude 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
- New International Version (NIV)Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
Context of Jude 1:2
1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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ἔλεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πληθυνθείη.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jude 1:2
- Romans 1:7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
- 2 Peter 1:2May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
- Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
Commentaries on Jude 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Mercy unto you - For even the best have no merit, and must receive every blessing and grace in the way of mercy. Peace - With God and your consciences, love both to God and man, be multiplied - be unboundedly increased.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied - This is not quite the form of salutation used by the other apostles, but it is one equally expressive of an earnest desire for their welfare. These things are mentioned as the choicest blessings which could be conferred on them: “mercy” - in the pardon of all their sins and acceptance with God; “peace” - with God, with their fellow-men, in their own consciences, and in the prospect of death; and “love”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Following the typical structure of the beginning of a letter, Jude identifies himself, addresses his audience, and prays for them. kept in Jesus Christ: This phrase emphasizes an important point (see also 1:21, 24). It gives believers confidence when they face people who teach wrong things about God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Mercy--in a time of wretchedness. Therefore mercy stands first; the mercy of Christ (Jude 21). peace--in the Holy Ghost (Jude 20). love--of God (Jude 21). The three answer to the divine Trinity. be multiplied--in you and towards you.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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