And of some have compassion, making a difference:
And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
and to some be kind, judging thoroughly,
And of some have compassion, making a difference,
Jude — Jude writes urgently — he meant to write of salvation generally, but finds he must write to ‘earnestly contend for the faith.’ A brief polemic with echoes of 1 Enoch and a doxology that closes the whole.
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Our Judas was quite another man. He was an apostle, so was Iscariot; but he was a sincere disciple and follower of Christ, so was not the other. He was a faithful servant of Jesus Christ, the other was his betrayer and murderer; therefore here the one is very carefully distinguished from the other.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Meantime watch over others, as well as yourselves, and give them such help as their various needs require. Some, that are wavering in judgment, staggered by others or by their own evil reasoning, endeavour more deeply to convince of the whole truth as it is in Jesus. Some snatch, with a swift and strong hand, out of the fire of sin and temptation.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
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The verses this one reaches12
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.
to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Wherefore I beseech you to confirm your love toward him.
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
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Galatians 6:1Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
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Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him;
If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death:…
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