Jude 1:21
19 These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
20 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
22 And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
23 save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- KJV
- Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- WEB
- Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
- ASV
- keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- DARBY
- keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- BLB
- keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- ÅB
- og hold dere slik i Guds kjærlighet, mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv!
- OTB
- hold dere i Guds kjærlighet mens dere venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi barmhjertighet for å bringe dere til evig liv.
- B1930
- og hold eder således i Guds kjærlighet, mens I venter på vår Herre Jesu Kristi miskunn til evig liv!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:16
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Read in contextLamentations 3:25–26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Read in contextHebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Read in contextJohn 15:9–10
As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Read in context2 Peter 3:12
as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:5
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
Read in contextRevelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Read in contextTitus 2:13–14
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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