Jude 1:23 Douay-Rheims

But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.

Glossa Ordinaria

Medieval

But save those. Those who are not condemned before God, but even so are near to falling into the fire, teach them to free themselves. In fear. This is to be joined to all those foregoing things. For, etc., up to lest perhaps he prove, more than is just, either severe or indulgent. Hating it. We ought not to hate our body, but its being stained, so that we may render it unstained, so that from carnal it may be made spiritual. Which is to be accomplished not by the power of our own choice, but by the grace of God.

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Jude 1:23

English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.

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