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Jude 1:1-2 KJV
Jude · chapter 1 · verses 1–2
1Jude, 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: 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.Jude 1:1-2 · King James Version
Jude 1:1-2 in context
1Jude, 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:
2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved, 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.
4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sanctifiedhagiazōto render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow, to separate from profane things…G37 →
- preservedtēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- JamesiakōbosJames = " supplanter" , son of Zebedee, an apostle and brother of the apostle…G2385 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2