Jude 1:21

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 the people who cause divisions. They are concerned about physical things, not spiritual things. 20Dear friends, use your most holy faith to grow. Pray with the Holy Spirit’s help. Remain in God’s love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you eternal life. 22Show mercy to those who have doubts. 23Save others by snatching them from the fire ⌞of hell⌟. Show mercy to others, even though you are afraid that you might be stained by their sinful lives.

Jude 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 1:24God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault.
• John 14:21Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father’s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.”
• John 15:9“I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love.
• Acts 11:23When he arrived there, he was pleased to see what God had done for them out of kindness. So he encouraged all the people to remain solidly committed to the Lord.
• 1 John 4:16We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God’s love live in God, and God lives in them.
• 1 John 5:18We know that those who have been born from God don’t go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can’t harm them.
• Revelation 12:11They won the victory over him because of the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life so much that they refused to give it up.
• Romans 5:5We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
• Romans 8:39or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your lives as you show God’s love and Christ’s endurance.
• 1 John 3:16We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers.
• Job 14:14“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues.
• Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to anyone who seeks help from him.
• Matthew 24:42“Therefore, be alert, because you don’t know on what day your Lord will return.
• Luke 12:36Be like servants waiting to open the door at their master’s knock when he returns from a wedding.
• 2 Timothy 4:8The prize that shows I have God’s approval is now waiting for me. The Lord, who is a fair judge, will give me that prize on that day. He will give it not only to me but also to everyone who is eagerly waiting for him to come again.

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