Jude 1:22-23 And of some have compassion, making a difference:… The method of treating the three classes on Christian grounds is here laid down, and is as applicable to-day as it then was. 1. The doubters. They are to be treated with consideration and kindliness. Many who once were disputers are now firm believers of the truth. 2. Scoffers. There was a class, not the leaders of the schism, that had been led away, to whom warning must be administered. The suggestion is that the authority of the truth be used; not persuasion, but admonition, exhibiting the power of the truth. Let the arrow of conviction have its own barb, and let it fly. 3. The sensualists. They must be approached with fear or with caution. They were within the bounds of conviction, although very near the circumference. The lesson for the Church to learn is to approach men according to their condition. Somebody in a hurry gave a tract on the sin of dancing to a man with two wooden legs. We fear that worse mistakes, if possible, are committed frequently. (T. Davies, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And of some have compassion, making a difference: |
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