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A Call to Persevere

Jude 1:23

In 9 translations

BSB
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.
KJV
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
WEB
and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
ASV
and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
LSV
and rescue others by snatching [them] out of fire; but show mercy to others in fear, hating even the coat having been stained from the flesh.
YLT
and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.
DBY
but others save with fear, snatching [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
DRC
But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.
GNV
And other saue with feare, pulling them out of the fire, and hate euen that garment which is spotted by the flesh.

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Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οὓς δὲ (“others however”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε (“to others then do show mercy”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include τοῦ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place φόβῳ elsewhere in this verse.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὓς δὲ σῴζετε ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, οὓς δὲ ἐλεᾶτε ἐν φόβῳ, μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.
RP2018
οὓς δὲ ἐν φόβῳ σῴζετε, ἐκ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.
TR-Boyd
οὓς δὲ ἐν φόβῳ σώζετε, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα.
SCR1894
ους δε εν φοβω σωζετε εκ του πυρος αρπαζοντες μισουντες και τον απο της σαρκος εσπιλωμενον χιτωνα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 4:16Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
  • Revelation 3:4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:10–12Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what…
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
  • Romans 11:14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • Zechariah 3:2–5And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?” Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he…
  • Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  • Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:3–5Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus…
  • 1 Corinthians 3:15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
  • Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
  • Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  • Leviticus 13:47–59If any fabric is contaminated with mildew —any wool or linen garment, any weave or knit of linen or wool, or any article of leather— and if the mark in the fabric, leather, weave, knit, or leather article is green or…
  • 1 Corinthians 5:9–11I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this…
  • Leviticus 14:47And anyone who sleeps in the house or eats in it must wash his clothes.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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