Jude 1:2

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Mercy	ἔλεος eleos	G1656	compassion (human or divine · noun — nominative singular neuter
you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
peace	εἰρήνη eirēnē	G1515	peace (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
love	ἀγάπη agapē	G26	love · noun — nominative singular feminine
multiplied	πληθυνθείη.¶ plēthuntheiē	G4129	to increase (transitively or intransitively) · verb — aorist passive optative, 3rd person singular

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Cross-references

2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of…
Revelation 1:4-6 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from…
Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:1-2

Here we have the preface or introduction, in which, I. We have an account of the penman of this epistle, Jude, or Judas, or Judah. He was name-sake to one of his ancestors, the patriarch - son of Jacob, the most eminent though not the first-born of his sons, out of whose loins (lineally, in a most direct succession) the Messiah came. This was a name of worth, eminency, and honour; yet 1. He had a wicked name-sake. There was one Judas (one of the twelve, surnamed Iscariot, from the place of his birth) who was a vile traitor, the betrayer of his and our Lord. The same names may be common to the best and worst persons. It may be instructive to be called after the names of eminently good men, bu…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jude 1:2

Mercy--in a time of wretchedness. Therefore mercy stands first; the mercy of Christ (Jde 1:21). peace--in the Holy Ghost (Jde 1:20). love--of God (Jde 1:21). The three answer to the divine Trinity. be multiplied--in you and towards you.

Adam Clarke on Jude 1:2

Mercy 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.

John Gill on Jude 1:2

Mercy unto you, and peace and love be multiplied. In this salutation the apostle wishes for a multiplication of "mercy", from God the Father, by whom these persons were sanctified: mercy is a perfection in God; and shows itself in a special manner towards the elect, in the covenant of grace, in the provision of Christ as a Saviour, in the mission of him into this world, in redemption by him, in the forgiveness of sin, in regeneration, and in their whole salvation; and the multiplication of it intends an enlarged view and fresh application of it, which they sometimes stand in need of, as under desertions, when they want the sense and manifestation of it to them; and under temptations and affl…

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The Church Fathers

Jude includes a reference to love here because he has noticed that there is a lack of it among his people.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON JUDE

"Those who are beloved in God the Father, and who are called, are saved by Jesus Christ." The Lord's word, in which He said, "No one comes to me unless the Father draws him," (Jn. 6:44) this blessed man now shows to be true. For those who are beloved by the Father, Jude says, have been saved by Jesus Christ. Therefore, he also calls them the called: for they do not have it from themselves, but from the Father, in that they are drawn, so that they may also be called. He truly prays for them that mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Indeed mercy, for we have been recalled and taken by Him into ministry because of the bowels of the mercy of God: peace, however, because God the Father Himself has granted this to us, bringing us who had sinned back to His friendship through His Son Jesus Christ: and love, indeed, because of the love He had for us, His only-begotten Son was exposed to death for us. Therefore, he prays that these may be abundantly granted to them, saying in harmony with blessed David, who says: "Extend your mercy to those who know you." (Ps. 36:10)
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Jude

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Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:1-2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jude 1:2

Adam Clarke on Jude 1:2

John Gill on Jude 1:2

The Church Fathers

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:1-2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jude 1:2

Adam Clarke on Jude 1:2

John Gill on Jude 1:2

The Church Fathers

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jude 1:2