Jude 1:3-8

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.
4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord[b] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
8 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.

Cross References 15

  • 1. S 1 Corinthians 10:14
  • 2. Titus 1:4
  • 3. 1 Timothy 6:12
  • 4. ver 20; Acts 6:7
  • 5. S Acts 9:13
  • 6. Galatians 2:4
  • 7. Titus 1:16; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:22
  • 8. S 1 John 2:20
  • 9. 2 Peter 1:12,13; 2 Peter 3:1,2
  • 10. Numbers 14:29; Deuteronomy 1:32; Deuteronomy 2:15; Psalms 106:26; 1 Corinthians 10:1-5; Hebrews 3:16,17
  • 11. S 2 Peter 2:4,9
  • 12. S Matthew 10:15
  • 13. Deuteronomy 29:23
  • 14. S Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 2:6
  • 15. 2 Peter 2:10

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "individuals who were marked out for condemnation"
  • [b]. Some early manuscripts "Jesus"
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