just as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah and the (B)cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and (C)went 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 people also, dreaming, (F)defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic [c]majesties. But (G)Michael (H)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about (I)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “(J)The Lord rebuke you!”

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  1. Jude 1:7 Lit different; or other flesh
  2. Jude 1:7 Or example of eternal fire, in undergoing punishment
  3. Jude 1:8 Lit glories

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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Footnotes

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