as Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns around them indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire[a] in the same way as these, are exhibited as an example by[b] undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

Despite that, in the same way also these men, because of their[c] dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings. But Michael the archangel, when he argued with the devil, disputing concerning the body of Moses, did not dare to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:7 Literally “went after other flesh”
  2. Jude 1:7 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“undergoing”) which is understood as means
  3. Jude 1:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“dreams”) which is understood as causal