Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Jude 1:2
As St. Paul in his two Epistles to Timothy, so St. Jude adds mercy to the 'grace and peace' of the ordinary apostolic salutation.
As St. Paul in his two Epistles to Timothy, so St. Jude adds mercy to the 'grace and peace' of the ordinary apostolic salutation.
Verse 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...
MERCY 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...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved...
The author had intended to write them a pastoral letter, but circumstances have made it necessary for him to write in a different strain and to exhort them to contend earnestly for the faith. These ci...
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, sends this letter to the called who are beloved in God and kept by Jesus Christ. May mercy and peace and love he multiplied to you. Few thi...
UNTO. to. LOVE. App-135. The only salutation where "love" is mentioned. MULTIPLIED. Compare 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2....
_Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied_ The salutation corresponds with that of 1Pe 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2, with the substitution of "mercy" for "grace" (the two are united in 1 Timothy 1:2; 2...
ΈΛΕΟΣ (G1656) милосердие, милость (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:2). ΕΙΡΉΝΗ (G1515) мир. ΠΛΗΘΥΝΘΕΊΗ _aor._ opt. _pass. от_ ΠΛΗΘΎΝΩ (G4129) умножать, увеличивать. Opt. используется для выражения пожелания (_см._...
INTRODUCTION AND SALUTATION: A BELIEVER KEPT SECURELY IN THE STATE OF HIS CHOICE _Text_ 1. Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James to them that are called, beloved in God the Father,...
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. MERCY - in a time of wretchedness. Therefore mercy stands first: of Christ (). PEACE - in the Holy Spirit (). LOVE - of God ()....
VERSE 2. MERCY UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, AND LOVE, BE MULTIPLIED. By God's mercy they were pardoned; the apostle desires a continuance of this pardoning mercy, and the other things relate to their lives h...
1 Jude's stress on human relationships is very strong, especially as James, his brother, gained the ascendancy among the Circumcision because of his physical relationship to the Lord. Even Peter and J...
1:2 multiplied. (d-9) The aorist; it is not merely a wish for the future, but that such may be their state....
God delights (is very pleased) to show *pity (Micah 7:18). Christ himself is the Christian’s great *calm (Ephesians 2:14). The Holy Spirit is the agent of love (Romans 5:5). • Jude’s prayer is of per...
FIGHT FOR THE *FAITH! JUDE _HILDA BRIGHT_ WHAT THIS LETTER IS ABOUT Jude wrote the letter to warn his readers against false teachers. These teachers claimed to be Christians. But they were being...
(1, 2) Address and greeting. (1) JUDE. — As to the Jade who here addresses us see _Introduction,_ I. THE SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST. — Better, _a servant of Jesus Christ._ There is nothing to show that t...
For the Salutation see my note on χαίρειν, James 1:1, and Hort's excellent note on 1 Peter 1:2, χάρις … πληθυνθείη. We find ἔλεος and εἰρήνη joined in Galatians 6:16, and with the addition of χάρις in...
_Salutation_. Jude a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who have received the divine calling, beloved of the Father, kept safe in Jesus Christ. May mercy, peace and love be richly...
“CONTEND EARNESTLY FOR THE FAITH” Jude 1:1 Kept is the keynote of this Epistle. It occurs in Jude 1:1; Jude 1:6; Jude 1:21, and in another form in...
ASSURANCE FOR THE CHRISTIAN The author calls himself Jude, or Judas, which literally means "renowned." He also says he is the brother of James, who is thought to be the one so outstanding in the churc...
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. I beg to detain the reader at this verse, to observe to him, that these Apostolic greetings, ought not to be considered, as it is to be feared they...
CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chapt...
2._Mercy to you. _Mercy means nearly the same as grace in the salutations of Paul. Were any one to wish for a refined distinction, it may be said that grace is properly the effect of mercy; for there...
The Epistle of Jude develops the history of the apostasy of Christendom, from the earliest elements that crept into the assembly to corrupt it, down to its judgment at the appearing of our Lord, but a...
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 perfecti...
_Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ_ The highest glory which any, either man or angel, can aspire to. The word _servant_, under the old covenant, was adapted to the spirit of fear and bondage, which cl...
MERCY UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, AND LOVE BE MULTIPLIED. This is the common form of introduction to a letter of that day and age, but in a Christian garment: Judas, servant of Jesus Christ, but a brother of...
Introductory salutation:...
1-4 Christians are called out of the world, from the evil spirit and temper of it; called above the world, to higher and better things, to heaven, things unseen and eternal; called from sin to Christ...
_Mercy unto you; _ which is the fountain of reconciliation, and all the grace vouchsafed you: see 1 TIMOTHY 1:2 2 TIMOTHY 1:2 TITUS 1:4. _Love; _ either he means God's love to them, or their love to G...
Jude 1:2 Mercy G1656 G2532 peace G1515 and G2532 love G26 multiplied G4129 (G5684) you G5213...
‘Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.' The threefold description of their state (called, beloved and kept) is followed by a threefold prayer for mercy, peace and love to be multiplied to th...
Jude 1:2. MERCY UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, AND LOVE. ‘Mercy' is used in the salutation of the pastoral epistles only except here. In Paul's view, those who minister in holy things specially need it, as in J...
BE MULTIPLIED (πληθυνθειη). First aorist passive optative of πληθυνω as in 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2....
Jude 1:1. _Jude._ That is to say Judas, not Iscariot, Jude 1:1. _The servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,_ He does not say, «and brother of our Lord,» for we know that James and Judas wer...
CONTENTS: The apostasy and apostate teachers described. Assurance and comfort for true believers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jude, James, Michael, Moses, Cain, Balaam, Enoch, Adam. CONCLUS...
THE gleanings of the church respecting St. Jude are few. Du Pin, who spent his life in ecclesiastical studies, says, he had the surname of Lebbeus and Thaddeus, was brother of James the less, and is c...
IN FULL MEASURE. Jude wants them to have these blessings in full measure, which comes through their faith and love. Compare 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2 and notes....
_Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied._ MERCY, PEACE, AND LOVE MULTIPLIED I. Mercy. 1. Pardoning mercy. 2. Sustaining mercy. 3. Preserving mercy. 4. Restraining mercy. 5. Supplyin...
_Jude … to them that are sanctified._ THE APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION I. The apostolic benediction. St. Jude has given the blessing in a fuller form than any of his brethren, superadding the benefits of Ch...
JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:1 Initial Greeting. Although he is Jesus’ brother, Jude calls himself Jesus’ SERVANT. Jesus is his Lord. He is also the BROTHER OF JAMES, who plays a major role in the NT ...
THE ENEMIES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:1. THE SERVANT.—Better, “a servant.” As he does not call himself an apostle, we cannot, without adequate reason assigned, ide...
Shall we go to the general epistle of Jude. Jude introduces himself as... A servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James (Jude 1:1), The word servant in Greek is doulos, bondslave of Jesus Christ. B...
1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2; Revelation 1:4; Romans 1:7...
Love. Peculiar to Jude in salutation....