Jude 1 · Verse 2

Jude 1:2

Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Jude 1:2, King James Version

Jude 1:2 in other translations

BSBMercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
WEBMay mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
ASVMercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.
YLTkindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!
DARBYMercy to you, and peace, and love be multiplied.
BBEMay mercy and peace and love be increased in you.
WebsterMercy to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

What does Jude 1:2 mean?

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

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 2. Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. This is not quite the form of salutaion used by the other apostles, but it is one equally expressive of an earnest desire for their welfare. These things are mentioned as the choicest blessings which could be conferred on them: mercy--in the pardon of all their sins and acceptance with God; peace--with God, with their fellow-men, in their own consciences, and in the prospect of death; and love--to God, to the brethren, to all the world. What blessings are there which these do not include?

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jude 1:1-4

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, from vanity to seriousness, from uncleanness to holiness; and this according to the Divine purpose and grace. If sanctified and glorified, all the honour and glory must be ascribed to God, and to him alone. As it is God…

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Jude 1:2 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἔλεοςeleosMercyG1656
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
εἰρήνηeirēnēpeaceG1515
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀγάπηagapēloveG26
πληθυνθείη.¶plēthuntheiēwould be multiplied.G4129

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jude 1:2

  • 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 Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

  • 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 the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ro 1:7; 1Pe 1:2; 2Pe 1:2; Re 1:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jude 1:1

    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

  • Jude 1:2

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

  • Jude 1:3

    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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Jude 1:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Misericordia, y paz, y amor os sean multiplicados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que la miséricorde, et la paix, et l’amour vous soient multipliés!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Barmherzigkeit und Friede und Liebe sei euch vermehrt!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misericordia vobis, et pax, et caritas adimpleatur.