English Standard Version
Jude 1:21
21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.
Context of Jude 1:21
19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22And have mercy on those who doubt; 23save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
Read all of Jude 1Jude 1:21 word by word
ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ θεοῦ τηρήσατε, προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Keepτηρέωtēreō · to keep: observeG5083
- yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- looking forπροσδέχομαιprosdechomai · to wait for/welcomeG4327
- the mercyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the mercyἔλεοςeleos · mercyG1656
- ofκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
- lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
Cross-references for Jude 1:21
- Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
- John 14:21Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."
- John 15:9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
- Acts 11:23When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
- 1 John 4:16So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
- 1 John 5:18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
- Revelation 12:11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
- Romans 5:5and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
- Romans 8:39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
- 1 John 3:16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- Job 14:14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.
- Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
- Matthew 24:42Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
- Luke 12:36and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
- 2 Timothy 4:8Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved 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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