Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
None but those who "keep themselves" are likely to "save" others.
have compassion—So one oldest manuscript reads. But two oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, etc., read, "convict"; "reprove to their conviction"; "confute, so as to convince."
making a difference—The oldest manuscripts and versions read the accusative for the nominative, "when separating themselves" [WAHL], referring to Judges 1:19; or "when contending with you," as the Greek is translated, Judges 1:9.
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