Jude speaks of saving others by “snatching them out of the fire” Jude 1:23. In the same verse he pairs rescue language with caution about corruption, “hating even the garment stained by the flesh” Jude 1:23.
Jude shifts from exposing disruptive people to strengthening his readers. He urges the “beloved” to remember what the apostles already warned: scoffers would come, driven by ungodly desires, and would splinter the community. These verses sit near the end of Jude’s short letter and function as a turning point from description to response. Earlier, Jude warns that certain people have slipped in and are damaging the community (compare the earlier framing in Jude 1:4).
Jude turns from describing the disruptive people to strengthening the “beloved” community.
A common mistake is to turn the wording into a slogan. The better reading keeps the phrase tied to the passage, the speaker, and the problem the book is addressing.
Start with Jude 1:23, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
23and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.