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just as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah and the (B)cities around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having (C)gone after [a]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [b](D)example in undergoing the (E)punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, (F)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme [c]glorious ones. But (G)Michael (H)the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about (I)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, “(J)The Lord rebuke you!”

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  1. Jude 1:7 Or other; lit different
  2. Jude 1:7 Or example of eternal fire, in undergoing punishment
  3. Jude 1:8 Angels

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(A) and the surrounding towns(B) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(C)

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(D) But even the archangel(E) Michael,(F) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(G) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[a](H)

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  1. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).