Jude 1:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Jude 1:1-2

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 things tell more about a man than the way in which he speaks of himself; few things are more revealing than the titles by which he wishes to be known. Jude calls himself the servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James. At once this tells us two things about him. (i) Jude was a man... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Jude 1:1-2

Before we leave this opening passage, let us think a little more about this calling of God and try to see something of what it means. (i) Paul speaks about being called to be an apostle ( Romans 1:1 ; 1 Corinthians 1:1 ). In Greek the word is apostolos ( Greek #652 ); it comes from the verb apostellein ( Greek #649 ), to send out, and an apostle is therefore, one who is sent out. That is to say, the Christian is the ambassador of Christ. He is sent out into the world to speak for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jude 1:2

Verse 2 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 is no other reason why God has embraced us in love, but that he pitied our miseries. Love may be understood as that of God towards men, as well as that of men towards one another. (189) If it be referred to God, the meaning is, that it might increase towards them, and that the assurance of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:1-2

INSCRIPTION DESCRIPTIVE OF WRITER AND READERS , AND CONVEYING SALUTATION . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:1-2

"Called, beloved in God the Father, preserved for Jesus Christ." Three designations expressing the three great facts of grace which make the honour of God's saints. There is the call— the act of God which takes us out of the world of evil and brings us into the kingdom of Christ. But this call implies that we are the subjects of an eternal love which holds us within its unfailing arms, and of a protective power which keeps us for Christ whose possession we are designed to be. To... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:1-2

Authorship and salutation. This brief Epistle is remarkable for its triple order of ideas, carried through to the very end. The first instance occurs in the account the author gives of himself—"Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James." I. AUTHORSHIP . 1 . Who was Jude? There are two persons of the name represented as relatives of James. There is Jude the apostle, brother or son of James the martyr ( Luke 6:16 ; Acts 1:13 ), who is also called Lebbaeus; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jude 1:1-4

Christian cooperation desired in the defense of the gospel The believers to whom Jude wrote were "called" by an external and spiritual power into the fellowship of the Church; had been "preserved" from the gross evils and corruptions which sprang up in those early days, and "sanctified by God the Father," and made partakers of his holiness. As he claims their service in the preservation of the faith he implores "mercy" that they may be enabled to help, "peace" of mind amid the earnestness... read more

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