Snatching them out of the fire. The writer has in mind Zechariah 3:2, a brand plucked from the burning. Compare Amos 4:11.

With fear [ε ν φ ο β ω]. Lit., in fear; i e., of the contagion of sin while we are rescuing them.

Spotted [ε σ π ι λ ω μ ε ν ο ν]. Only here and James 3:6. See on 2 Peter 2:13.

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