Jude 1:23 meaning and explanation

save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Jude 1:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jude is closing his short letter with instructions to a congregation troubled by false teachers. In verse 23 he pictures three responses to people in danger: some are to be pulled out of the fire, as one would snatch a person from a burning building, while others are to receive mercy mixed with fear, and even their clothing, stained by the flesh, is to be hated.

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