Jude 1:2 (ASV)

Passage

Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:2 Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Jude 1:3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "peace", "love", and "multiplied". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "peace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Jude a servant of Jesus Christ and..." into verse 3's "Beloved while I was giving all diligence...", so "mercy" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In Jude context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mercy" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.