Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Jude 2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Quick Meaning
The threefold greeting asks that mercy, peace, and love increase among the recipients.
Read It With
- Jude 1–2
Read Jude 1–2 as a complete section. Read the sender, recipient descriptions, and threefold blessing together; the opening's call, love, keeping, mercy, peace, and love frame every later warning.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The threefold blessing completes the opening and establishes mercy, peace, and love as the manner in which the later warnings should be heard.
What Remains True
Mercy, peace, and love frame the letter and the way its warnings should be heard.
How It Can Shape Life
- Make mercy, peace, and love explicit goals when correcting serious error.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jude 1–2 — Jude Greets the Called and KeptSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact displayed KJV wording and immediate English context for Jude 1–2.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Jude 1, verses within Jude 1–2; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, clause relationships, and visible variation markers checked for the passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Jude.txt, verses within Jude 1–2.
Open the Jude Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Jude with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax questions, and textual variants checked for this passage.
Exact location: NET Bible, Jude 1, translator and textual notes attached to the verses in Jude 1–2.
Open source ↗