Jude 1:23

Rescue others from the influence of those who teach what is false [MET], as you would rescue things by snatching them from a fire. Pity those whom the teachers of false doctrine have completely convinced, but beware that you yourselves are not influenced by them {that they do not influence you}. Detest doing or even thinking about the sins that those people commit, just like you would detest [MET] touching not only filthy things but the clothes that were stained by those things {that those things stained}.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

In Context

22Mercifully help those who are not certain what teaching they should believe.

24God is able to keep you from ceasing to trust in him (OR, from sinning), and he is able to bring you into his glorious presence. As you stand before him, there will be nothing for which you will be condemned { he can condemn you}, and you will be rejoicing greatly.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:47“Sometimes a person’s clothing gets mildew on it. It may be clothing that is woven from wool or made from linen or from leather.

Leviticus 14:47Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house during that time must wash his clothes.

Proverbs 7:8He crossed the street near the house of an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house

Lamentations 4:14The prophets and priests wandered through the streets as though they were blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood of people who had been killed.

Zechariah 3:2But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I am the one who has chosen Jerusalem to be my special city, and I am rebuking you! This man, Joshua, has been brought back from Babylonia; he is surely like [MET, RHQ] a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.”

1 Corinthians 3:15If the things that we have taught are not valuable and long-lasting [MET], we will not get a reward. We will be saved { God will save us} from hell, but that is all that we will get. We will be like a man who escapes from a fire without saving any of his possessions.

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:17-25

Exhortation to the Faithful; Conclusion. ( a. d. 66.) 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the… Read the whole commentary →

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