⁵ Though you already know all this,^(A) I want to remind you^(B) that the Lord^[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.^{(C) 6} And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.^{(D) 7} In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah^(E) and the surrounding towns^(F) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.^(G)

⁸ In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.^{(H) 9} But even the archangel^(I) Michael,^(J) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,^(K) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”^{[b](L) 10} Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.^(M)