Jude 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

In Jude 1:20-21, Jude combines the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: faith, hope, and love.

Keep yourselves - not in your own strength, but "in the love of God;" i:e., God's love to you and all believers: the only guarantee for their being kept safe. Man needs to watch; but cannot keep himself, unless God in His love keep him.

Looking for - in hope.

The mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ - to be fully manifested at His coming. Mercy is usually attributed to the Father: here to the Son; so entirely one are they.

Jude 1:21

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