Jude 5-18

Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ Now I want to ^(A)remind you, though ^(B)you know all things, that ^[a]Jesus, ^(C)having once saved a people out of the land of Egypt, ^[b]subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶ And ^(D)angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has ^(E)kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, ⁷ just as ^(F)Sodom and Gomorrah and the ^(G)cities around them, having indulged in the same way as these in gross sexual immorality and having ^(H)gone after ^[c]strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^[d](I)example in undergoing the ^(J)punishment of eternal fire.

⁸ Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, ^(K)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme ^[e]glorious ones. ⁹ But ^(L)Michael ^(M)the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about ^(N)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, “^(O)The Lord rebuke you!” ¹⁰ But ^(P)these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and ^(Q)the things which they know by instinct, ^(R)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are ^[f]destroyed. ¹¹ Woe to them! For they have gone ^(S)the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into ^(T)the error of Balaam, and ^(U)perished in the rebellion of Korah. ¹² These are the men who are ^[g]hidden reefs ^(V)in your love feasts when they feast with you ^(W)without fear, caring for themselves; ^(X)clouds without water, ^(Y)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, ^[h]doubly dead, ^(Z)uprooted; ^13 (AA)wild waves of the sea, casting up ^(AB)their own ^[i]shame like foam; wandering stars, ^(AC)for whom the ^[j]black darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁴ But ^(AD)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, also prophesied about these men, saying, “^(AE)Behold, the Lord came with ^[k]many thousands of His holy ones, ^15 (AF)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ^(AG)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” ¹⁶ These are ^(AH)grumblers, finding fault, ^(AI)following after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks ^(AJ)arrogantly, ^[l]flattering people ^(AK)for the sake of their own benefit.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

¹⁷ But you, ^(AL)beloved, ^(AM)must remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^(AN)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ that they were saying to you, “^(AO)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(AP)following after their own ungodly lusts.”