Jude 1:2

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Context of Jude 1:2

1Judah, a slave of Yeshua the Messiah and brother of Jacob, To those who are called, who are loved in God the Father, and kept safe for Yeshua the Messiah: May mercy and shalom and love be multiplied to you! 3Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim. 4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.

Jude 1:2 word by word

ἔλεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πληθυνθείη.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mercyἔλεοςeleos · mercyG1656
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• be multipliedπληθύνωplēthunō · to multiplyG4129

Cross-references for Jude 1:2

• Romans 1:7To all those in Rome, loved by God, called to be kedoshim: Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
• 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, set apart by the Ruach for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Yeshua the Messiah: May grace and shalom be multiplied to you.
• 2 Peter 1:2May grace and shalom be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Yeshua our Lord.
• Revelation 1:4John, To Messiah’s seven communities in Asia: Grace to you and shalom from Him who is and who was and who is to come, as well as 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