Condemnation of the Ungodly False Teachers

Now I want to remind you, although you know everything once and for all,[a] that Jesus,[b] having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, the second time destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep to their own domain but deserted their proper dwelling place, he has kept in eternal bonds under deep gloom for the judgment of the great day, as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire[c] in the same way as these, are exhibited as an example by[d] undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts place this word in the following clause
  2. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts have “the Lord”
  3. Jude 1:7 Literally “went after other flesh”
  4. Jude 1:7 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“undergoing”) which is understood as means

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) 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) 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)

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus