Jude 1:21

Keep conducting your lives in a way that is appropriate for those whom God loves. Keep constantly expecting that our Lord Jesus Christ will act mercifully toward you. Keep expecting that until the time when we begin living eternally with him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

In Context

20But you people whom I love, ◄hold/continue to trust► firmly to the very sacred truths that you believe. Pray by letting the Holy Spirit enable/empower you.

22Mercifully help those who are not certain what teaching they should believe.

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Cross References

Job 14:14When we humans die, we will certainly not live again [RHQ]. If I knew that we would live again, I would wait patiently, and I would wait for you to release me from my sufferings.

Matthew 24:42So, because you do not know what day I, your Lord, will return to the earth, you need to be ready for me to return at any time.

John 1:17Moses proclaimed God’s laws to our ancestors. But what Jesus Christ did for us was much better. He acted in kindness toward us in ways we did not deserve and told us the truth about God.

John 15:9I have loved you just as my Father has loved me. Now keep living in a way that is appropriate for those whom I love.

Romans 5:5And we are very confident [PRS] that we will receive the things that we wait expectantly for, because God loves us very much. His Holy Spirit, who has been {whom he has} given to us, causes us to understand how much God loves us.

Romans 6:23What people receive for sinning is that they are eternally separated from God. That is like wages that people receive [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of our relationship with (OR, because we are united to) Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:17-25

Exhortation to the Faithful; Conclusion. ( a. d. 66.) 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the… Read the whole commentary →

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