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NASB | Jude 1:23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom. [Amos 4:11; Zech 3:2-4] |
Bible Question:
Hate my shirt? I'd like interpretations of Jude 1:22,23. Reading Jude: what a fierce indictment of falling away. The harsh tone is put in context by a sense of the preciousness of God's gift. So we are to embrace God's gift, recognize when it is being undermined, and finally --- at the end of the book --- reach out to the "wavering" with mercy. How are we to understand the 3 ways of showing mercy, especially the one that involves "hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies" ? |
Bible Answer: "Hate my shirt?" NASB Jude 1:23 " . . . hating even the garment polluted by the flesh." AMPLIFIED Jude 1:23 " . . . loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh and polluted by their sensuality." Zechariah 3:2-4 English Standard Version (ESV) And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?" Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments. And the angel said to those who were standing before him, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And to him he said, "Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments." |