Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God The words admit equally of being taken of our love for God, or God's love for us, but the latter meaning is more in harmony with the general tenor of Scripture, and, in particular, with our Lord's language ("continue ye in my love") in John 15:9, and probably also St Paul's ("the love of Christ constraineth us") in 2 Corinthians 5:14.

looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ The verb implies, as in Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38; Luke 23:51, that the "mercy" is thought of as in the future, and probably there is a special reference to the second coming of Christ as that which will manifest His mercy no less than His righteous judgment. There is no ground, however, for limiting it to this significance, and it may well include all acts of mercy to which men were looking forward in patient expectation, as in store for them during the remainder of their earthly pilgrimage.

The reference in this and the preceding verse (1) to the Holy Spirit, (2) to the Father, (3) to the Lord Jesus Christ, may be noted as shewing St Jude's witness to the "faith once delivered to the saints."