Jude 1:21
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted 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 known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Read in contextLamentations 3:25–26
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Read in contextHebrews 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Read in contextJohn 15:9–10
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Read in context2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Read in contextRevelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Read in contextTitus 2:13–14
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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