⁵ Now I want to ^(A)remind you, though ^(B)you know everything once and for all, that ^[a]the Lord, ^(C)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, ^[b]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶ And ^(D)angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has ^(E)kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, ⁷ just as ^(F)Sodom and Gomorrah and the ^(G)cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and ^(H)went after ^[c]strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^[d](I)example in undergoing the ^(J)punishment of eternal fire.

⁸ Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, ^(K)defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic ^[e]majesties. ⁹ But ^(L)Michael ^(M)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about ^(N)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “^(O)The Lord rebuke you!” ¹⁰ But ^(P)these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and ^(Q)all the things that they know by instinct, ^(R)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. ¹¹ Woe to them! For they have gone ^(S)the way of Cain, and for pay ^[f]they have given themselves up to ^(T)the error of Balaam, and ^(U)perished in the rebellion of Korah. ¹² These are the ones who are ^[g]hidden reefs ^(V)in your love feasts when they feast with you ^(W)without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; ^(X)clouds without water, ^(Y)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, ^[h]doubly dead, ^(Z)uprooted; ^13 (AA)wild waves of the sea, churning up ^(AB)their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, ^(AC)for whom the ^[i]gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁴ It was also about these people that ^(AD)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “^(AE)Behold, the Lord has come with ^[j]many thousands of His holy ones, ^15 (AF)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ^(AG)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” ¹⁶ These are ^(AH)grumblers, finding fault, ^(AI)following after their own lusts; ^[k]they speak ^(AJ)arrogantly, flattering people ^(AK)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

¹⁷ But you, ^(AL)beloved, ^(AM)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^(AN)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ that they were saying to you, “^(AO)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(AP)following after their own ungodly lusts.” ¹⁹ These are the ones who cause divisions, ^[l](AQ)worldly-minded, ^[m]devoid of the Spirit. ²⁰ But you, ^(AR)beloved, ^(AS)building yourselves up on your most holy ^(AT)faith, ^(AU)praying in the Holy Spirit,