[a]I will therefore put you in remembrance, forasmuch as ye once knew this, how that the Lord, after that he had delivered the people out of Egypt, (A)destroyed them afterward which believed not.

[b]The (B)Angels also which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

As (C)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, which in like manner as they did, [c]committed fornication, and followed [d]strange flesh, are set forth for an example, and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:5 He setteth forth the horrible punishment of them which have abuseth the grace of God to follow their own lusts.
  2. Jude 1:6 The fall of the Angels was most sincerely punished, how much more then will the Lord punish wicked and faithless men?
  3. Jude 1:7 Following the steps of Sodom and Gomorrah.
  4. Jude 1:7 Thus he covertly setteth forth their horrible and monstrous lusts.

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