Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, (A)defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic [a]majesties. But (B)Michael (C)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about (D)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “(E)The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But (F)these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and (G)all the things that they know by instinct, (H)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone (I)the way of Cain, and for pay [b]they have given themselves up to (J)the error of Balaam, and (K)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are [c]hidden reefs (L)in your love feasts when they feast with you (M)without fear, like shepherds caring only 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, churning up (R)their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, (S)for whom the [e]gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:8 Lit glories
  2. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out
  3. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  4. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  5. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom

(A)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (B)speak evil of [a]dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in [b]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (C)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (D)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (E)of Cain, (F)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (G)in the rebellion of Korah.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are [c]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [d]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 (H)raging waves of the sea, (I)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars (J)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories
  2. Jude 1:9 arguing
  3. Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
  4. Jude 1:12 NU, M along