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. 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, 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:5 One early ms Jesus
  2. Jude 1:5 Lit the second time
  3. Jude 1:7 Lit different; or other flesh
  4. Jude 1:7 Or example of eternal fire, in undergoing punishment

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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Footnotes

  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