Greeting

Jude 1

¹ Jude, a servant ₁ of Jesus Christ and brother of James, _a To those who are called, _b beloved in God the Father and _c kept for ₂ Jesus Christ:

² May _d mercy, _e peace, and love be multiplied to you.

1. Cross References
   Romans 1:7
   To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
   1 Corinthians 1:24
   But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 1:4
   For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you.
   2 Thessalonians 2:13
   But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
   
3. Cross References
   John 17:11
   And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
   John 17:15
   I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
   1 Thessalonians 5:23
   Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
   
4. Cross References
   2 John 1:3
   Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Peter 1:2
   According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
   2 Peter 1:2
   May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
   

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