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Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that [a]the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, [b]afterward destroyed them that believed not. And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth [c]as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:5 Many very ancient authorities read Jesus.
  2. Jude 1:5 Greek the second time.
  3. Jude 1:7 Or, as an example of eternal fire, suffering punishment

Though you already know all this,(A) I want to remind you(B) that the Lord[a] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(C) 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.(D) In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(E) and the surrounding towns(F) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(G)

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  1. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus