and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
save with fear--The oldest manuscripts do not read "with fear" in this position: but after "snatching them out of the fire" (with which, compare Amo 4:11; Co1 3:15; Zac 3:2, said of a most narrow escape), they add the following words, forming a THIRD class, "and others compassionate with (IN) fear." Three kinds of patients require three kinds of medical treatment.
A murmuring, complaining spirit marks a weak or wicked man; such people rail against God's providence and men's conduct, never content with their state. Those enslaved to sinful appetites are most prone to ungovernable passions. But remember what the apostles foretold, their rise in the Church confirms your faith rather than shakes it, and you must think it no strange thing.
AI summary
Commenting on Jude 1:16-25
And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (p) By fearing them and holding them back with godly severity. (q) An amplification, taken from the forbidden things of the law which did defile.