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(A) We should also be warned by what happened to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah[a] and the nearby towns. Their people became immoral and committed all sorts of sexual sins. Then God made an example of them and punished them with eternal fire.

The people I am talking about are behaving just like those dreamers who destroyed their own bodies. They reject all authority and insult angels. (B) Even Michael, the chief angel, didn't dare to insult the devil, when the two of them were arguing about the body of Moses.[b] All Michael said was, “The Lord will punish you!”

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Sodom and Gomorrah: During the time of Abraham the Lord destroyed these cities because the people there were so evil.
  2. 9 Michael … the body of Moses: This refers to what was said in an ancient Jewish book about Moses.

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