Add parallel Print Page Options

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, (A)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme [a]glorious ones. But (B)Michael (C)the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about (D)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, “(E)The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But (F)these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and (G)the things which they know by instinct, (H)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are [b]destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone (I)the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into (J)the error of Balaam, and (K)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the men who are [c]hidden reefs (L)in your love feasts when they feast with you (M)without fear, caring for themselves; (N)clouds without water, (O)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [d]doubly dead, (P)uprooted; 13 (Q)wild waves of the sea, casting up (R)their own [e]shame like foam; wandering stars, (S)for whom the [f]black darkness has been reserved forever.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:8 Angels
  2. Jude 1:10 Lit corrupted
  3. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  4. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  5. Jude 1:13 Or shameless deeds
  6. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom; lit blackness of darkness

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.(A) Yet Michael(B) the archangel,(C) when he was disputing with the Devil(D) in a debate about Moses’(E) body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things. 11 Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain,(F) have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam(G) for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.(H)

The Apostates’ Doom

12 These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs[a] at your love feasts.(I) They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;(J) trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars(K) for whom the blackness of darkness(L) is reserved forever!(M)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:12 Or like spots