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Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton

Jude 1:22

Verse 22. And on some have compassion.

While it is our duty to do all in our power to save sinners, the common version says that in our efforts a difference is to be made. Here, I confess, for a time I was greatly puzzled, and am not certain that I have reached the correct solution, yet I believe that I now grasp the idea the Holy Spirit, by the pen of the apostle, would have me entertain. Before, however, presenting my views as to the meaning intended, I shall lay before the reader some of the versions at hand, after introducing the succeeding verse, so that the whole subject may be before the mind.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    VERSES JUDE 1:22-23 {C} The text of verses Jude 1:22 and Jude 1:23 has been transmitted in quite diverse forms. Some of the witnesses refer to three

  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    VER. JUDE 1:22 evlea/te diakrinome,nouj {C} Instead of the verb “to have mercy on” (whether spelled evlea/te, as in a B C2 Y 88, or evleei/te, as in K L P 049 056 0142 _Byz Lect_), several witnesses r...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jude 1:22. _AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, MAKING A DIFFERENCE_] The general meaning of this exhortation is supposed to be, "Ye are not to deal alike with all those who have been seduced by false...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION - This cannot be intended to teach that they were not to have compassion for all people, or to regard the salvation of all with solicitude, but that they were to have speci...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE INTRODUCTION Jude 1:1 Jude in his brief introduction speaks of the Christian believers, whom he addresses, as called ones, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    These false brethren make divisions among you, but do you build up yourselves by means of your most holy faith. As regards them, show mercy towards those who are in doubt; save others, snatching them...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN (Jude 1:1-2)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Some of them you must argue out of their error, while they are still wavering. Others you must rescue by snatching them out of the fire. Others you must pity and fear at the same time, hating the garm...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAVE COMPASSION. Some texts read _elencho,_ "convict". MAKING, &C. App-122., but several texts read "when they contend"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And of some have compassion, making a difference_ The MSS. present a strange variety of readings. Those of most authority give, _Some_ REBUKE (or CONVICT, the same word as that used in John 16:8; Eph...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    22, 23. He abruptly returns to the thought of the false teachers suggested perhaps by the words ἑαυτοὺς τηρήσατε, “keep yourselves.” “And what about your relation to others? what is your duty to them?...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟὛΣ ΜῈΝ ἐλέγχετε ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΟΜΈΝΟΥΣ. A. V. reads διακρινόμενοι and translates “making a difference” which is only correct as a rendering of διακρίνοντες. διακρινόμενος in James 1:6 means “wavering, doubti...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΛΕΆΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΛΕΆΩ (G1653) показывать сострадание, быть милостивым, проявлять милосердие к тем, кто в нужде, сострадать им и пытаться помочь (TDNT; TLNT; EDNT). О проблемах текста ст...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, &C.— "Moreover, you are not to deal alike with all who are seduced by the false teachers; for some are weak, and easily imposed upon. Towards them you are to shew great le...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _A BELIEVER WHO GUARDS HIMSELF BY BUILDING UP A GROWING FAITH_ Jude 1:20-23 _Text_ 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21. keep yours...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    FIGHT FOR THE *FAITH! JUDE _HILDA BRIGHT_ WHAT THIS LETTER IS ABOUT Jude wrote the letter to warn his readers against false teachers. These teachers claimed to be Christians. But they were being...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (22, 23) Exhortation to treat these libertines with discrimination, making three classes. (22) AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, MAKING A DIFFERENCE. — The evidence is very strong in favour of a widely dif...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 37 THE DESCRIPTION CORRESPONDING TO KORAH; MAKING SEPARATIONS-EXHORTATION TO THE FAITHFUL TO BUILD UP THEMSELVES, AND THEN RESCUE OTHERS. Jude 1:19. FOR the third and last time St. Jude poi...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    οὓς μὲν ἐλέγχετε διακρινομένους. On the reading see the Introduction. For the form ὃς μέν instead of ὁ μέν, _cf._ Matthew 13:8; Matthew 22:5; Luke 23:33; Acts 27:

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The Final Charge to the Faithful_. Use all diligence to escape this danger. Make the most of the privileges vouchsafed to you. Build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by prayer...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BEWARE OF THE TOUCH OF THE UNGODLY Jude 1:12 What traps and pitfalls beset us! How many have fallen who had as good or a better chance than we! The angels kept not their first estate; Adam, though cr...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    THE BELIEVER AND THE FAITH In contrast to the ungodly, the faithful were to build upon their faith and pray in the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26; Ephesians 6:18). The idea of building on the f...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (13) And of some have compassion, making a difference: (13) Among those who wander and go astray, the godly have to use this choice, that they handle some of them gently, and that others being even i...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    And some indeed reprove, being judged. He gives them another instruction to practice charity in endeavouring to convert their neighbour, where they will meet with three sorts of persons. 1. With perso...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. The Apostle here enters upon the subject of the Church, in pointing out her safety in Christ, amids...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS The opening of this Epistle is truly sweet. Jude addresseth all he hath to say to the Church. It is to you, Beloved, Jude saith that he writes. He then, through the greater Part of the Chapt...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    22._And of some have compassion_. He adds another exhortation, shewing how the faithful ought to act in reproving their brethren, in order to restore them to the Lord. He reminds them that such ought...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Epistle of Jude develops the history of the apostasy of Christendom, from the earliest elements that crept into the assembly to corrupt it, down to its judgment at the appearing of our Lord, but a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION,.... That is, of such who have gone astray, being drawn aside; who are simple and ignorant, and out of the way; who sin through infirmity, and the force of temptation; and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And of some_ Who are perverted by these seducers, erring only through infirmity, and in lesser points; _have compassion_ Treat with lenity, and endeavour to reclaim, in a mild and gentle way, by the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND OF SOME HAVE COMPASSION, MAKING A DIFFERENCE;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    An admonition to holy steadfastness:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jude 1:22 And G2532 G3303 some G3739 compassion G1653 (G5720) distinction G1252 (G5734)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ATTITUDE THAT THOSE WHO ARE FIRM IN FAITH SHOULD TAKE TOWARDS THE WAVERERS (JUDE 1:22). Jude now reminds them that while the building of themselves up is of prime concern, that should also lead to...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Jude 1:22-23. Of the false teachers the writer has spoken. Their condition is hopeless (Jude 1:12). But in the treatment of those who have been exposed to the influence of these ungodly men (Jude 1:4)...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    AND ON SOME (κα ους μεν). Demonstrative plural of ος μεν--ος δε (ους δε, below), not the relative ους, but by contrast (μεν, δε). So Matthew 13:8.HAVE MERCY (ελεατε). Present active imperative of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The apostasy and apostate teachers described. Assurance and comfort for true believers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jude, James, Michael, Moses, Cain, Balaam, Enoch, Adam. CONCLUS...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    THE gleanings of the church respecting St. Jude are few. Du Pin, who spent his life in ecclesiastical studies, says, he had the surname of Lebbeus and Thaddeus, was brother of James the less, and is c...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    SHOW MERCY. "Some Christians have honest doubts brought on by the things the false teachers have said. Be gentle and kind as you try to bring them back to the truth of Christ!" Compare Galatians 6:1....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDE—NOTE ON JUDE 1:17 Concluding Exhortations. Jude stresses the proper response of believers to false teachers. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Jude 1:20.—This gives positive teaching. It answers the question, What can sincere and earnest believers do to guard themselves from the insidious influence of evil men...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we go to the general epistle of Jude. Jude introduces himself as... A servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James (Jude 1:1), The word servant in Greek is doulos, bondslave of Jesus Christ. B...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 5:16; Ezekiel 34:17; Galatians 4:20; Galatians 6:1; Hebrews 6

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    And of some have compassion, making a difference. This follows the reading, kai ouv men ejleeite [ε λ ε α τ ε] diakrinomenoi. The best texts, however, read diakrinomenouv, which would require, "On som...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Meantime watch over others, as well as yourselves, and give them such help as their various needs require. For instance, Some, that are wavering in judgment, staggered by others' or by their own evil...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    In these words our apostle directs them how to carry and behave themselves toward those who were seduced, in order to their recovery, namely, after. different manner. 1. He advises to Christian lenit...

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