Jude 1:23

but save ye them, and take ye (hold of) them [or ravish them] from the fire. And do ye mercy to other men, in the dread of God, and hate ye also that defouled coat, which is fleshly. (but also save them, yea, snatch them out of the fire. And do mercy to other men, in fearful reverence for God, and hate also that defiled coat, which is your flesh.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

22And reprove ye these men that be deemed, (And rebuke those men who be judged,)

24But to him that is mighty to keep you without sin, and to ordain before the sight of his glory you unwemmed, in full out joy, (But to him who is mighty to keep you without sin, and to ordain you without spot, or blemish, before the presence of his glory, with great joy,)

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:47A woollen cloth, either linen, (A woollen cloak, or a linen one,)

Leviticus 14:47and he that sleepeth [in it], and eateth anything therein, he shall wash his clothes.

Proverbs 7:8that passeth by the streets, beside the corner, (or who passeth along the street, beside the corner); and he goeth nigh the way of her house,

Lamentations 4:14Blind men erred in streets, they were defouled in blood, (or They wandered about like the blind in the streets, they were defiled in blood); and when they might not go, they held (onto) their hems.

Zechariah 3:2And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord blame in thee, Satan, and the Lord that chose Jerusalem, blame in thee. Whether this is not a dead brand ravished from the fire? (And the Lord said to Satan or And the Lord said to the Adversary, The Lord rebuke thee, Satan, yea, the Lord who chose Jerusalem, rebuke thee. Is not this man like a firebrand snatched from the fire?)

1 Corinthians 3:15If any man’s work burn, he shall suffer harm, either impairing; but he shall be safe, so nevertheless as by fire, (or but he shall be saved, as if from a fire).

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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