Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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4 additional translationsEven 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 as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
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About this book
New TestamentJude — Jude writes urgently — he meant to write of salvation generally, but finds he must write to ‘earnestly contend for the faith.’ A brief polemic with echoes of 1 Enoch and a doxology that closes the whole.
- Author
- Jude, brother of James (v. 1) — likely the Lord's brother
- Date
- c. 60s AD; near-parallel to 2 Peter 2