King James Version

Jude 1:21

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

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ἑαυτοὺςheautousyourselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.yourselvesἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἀγάπῃagapēloveἀγάπηnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “love”, the to- or for-formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.the loveθεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godτηρήσατεtērēsateto keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to keep”, a single actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.προσδεχόμενοιprosdechomenoilooking forπροσδέχομαι (prosdechomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “looking for”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4327(a) I await, expect, (b) I receive, welcome (originally: to my house), (c) I accept.looking forτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔλεοςeleosmercyἔλεοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mercy”, the object formG1656pity, mercy, compassion.This verse uses “mercy”.the mercyτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkuriouLordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.LordἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.JesusΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeαἰώνιονaiōnioneternalαἰώνιος (aiōnios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “eternal”, the object formG166age-long, and therefore: practically eternal, unending; partaking of the character of that which lasts for an age, as contrasted with that which is brief and fleeting.This verse uses “eternal”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — to life age-during;

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

yourselves in the love of God keep ye, waiting for the kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — to life age-during;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Douay-Rheims

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

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

See Also

Analytics Cookies