Jude 1:7
in Jude 1In 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
KJV
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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This verse in Jude 1
Commentary
15 notes on this verseSince the Son of God is always one and the same, He gives to those who believe on Him a well of water [springing up] to eternal life, but He causes the unfruitful fig-tree immediately to dry up; and in the days of Noah He justly brought on the deluge for the purpose of extinguishing that most infamous race of men then existent, who could not bring forth fruit to God, since the angels that sinned had commingled with them, and [acted as He did] in order that He might put a check upon the sins of these men, but [that at the same time] He might preserve the archetype, the formation of Adam.
This site's exposition
did not stay within their own domain
on Jude 1:6-7
The angels did not stay within their own domain, arche, but abandoned their proper dwelling, oiketerion. Verse 7 opens In like manner; many read both verses with 2 Peter 2:4-5 and Genesis 6:1-4, others as the first fall of Satan's host. Sodom is on display, deigma.
This site's exposition
Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them
Sodom and Gomorrah are the third example, and their punishment is on display. Wesley reads the fire as a type of eternal fire, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that Sodom's end as a nation was not eternal.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
I want to remind you, when we know once that the Lord, after He had saved the people from Egypt, again destroyed those who did not believe: and that He kept the angels who did not keep their own position, but left their own dwelling, …
Secondly, if, according to the Scripture, they who shall be "apprehended" by the faith in (the state of) Gentile marriage are not defiled (thereby) for this reason, that, together with themselves, others also are sanctified: without doubt, they who have been sanctified before marriage, if they commingle themselves with "strange flesh," cannot sanctify that (flesh) in (union with) which they were not "apprehended.
A commentator
Clement of AlexandriaFrom the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus · Written before 215.
proposed
"But the angels," he says, "that kept not their own pre-eminence," that, namely, which they received through advancement, "but left their own habitation," meaning, that is, the heaven and the stars, became, and are called apostates. "He hath reserved these to the judgment of the great day, in chains, under darkness." He means the place near the earth, that is, the dark air. Now he called "chains" the loss of the honour in which they had stood, and the lust of feeble things; since, bound by their own lust, they cannot be converted. "As Sodom and Gomorrha," he says.
The Medieval Church2 voices
As an example that unquenchable fire will encompass them, the inhabitants of Sodom are also brought forward. "Other flesh" refers to the male nature, as not serving such intercourse as to give birth. For such intercourse the female flesh is capable, according to the saying …
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, etc. Because He had given an example of condemnation in those who solely deny the Sovereign and our Lord Jesus Christ, by recalling the ruin of the murmuring and unfaithful people in the desert, or those rising …
7 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them,.... Admah and Zeboiim, for Zoar was spared.
The cities which gave themselves over to fornication - The word here means, unnatural lusts. Are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire - That is, the vengeance which they suffered is an example or a type of eternal fire.
"These lusts consumed the Sodomites with fire from heaven, and they are now suffering the vengeance of eternal fire; therefore take heed, imitate not their sins, lest the same plagues overtake you as did them. God is the same holy, just, pure Being now as then; and can the beastly pleasures of a moment make amends for your suffering the vengeance of eternal fire?
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha - Notes, 2Pe 2:6. And the cities about them - Admah and Zeboim, Gen 14:2; Deu 29:23; Hos 11:8. There may have been other towns, also, that perished at the same time, but these are particularly mentioned. They seem to have partaken of the same general characteristics, as neighboring towns and cities generally do. In like manner - “In a manner like to these,” (τὸν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον ton homoion toutois tropon.) The Greek word “these,” is in the plural number. There has been much diversity in interpreting this clause.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
BENGEL translates as the Greek will admit, "Suffering (the) punishment (which they endure) as an example or sample of eternal fire (namely, that which shall consume the wicked)." Eze 16:53-55 shows that Sodom's punishment, as a nation, is not eternal.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha - What their sin and punishment were may be seen in Genesis 19, and the notes there. This is the third example to illustrate what is laid down Jud 1:4. Are set forth for an example - Both of what God will do to such transgressors, and of the position laid down in Jud 1:4, viz., that God has in the most open and positive manner declared that such and such sinners shall meet with the punishment due to their crimes. Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire - Subjected to such a punishment as an endless fire can inflict. Some apply this to the utter subversion of these cities, so that by the action of that fire which descended from heaven they were totally and eternally destroyed; for as to their being rebuilt, that is impossible, seeing the very ground on which they stood is burned up, and the whole plain is now the immense lake Asphaltites. See the notes on Genesis 19 (note). The first sense applies to the inhabitants of those wicked cities; the second, to the cities themselves: in either case the word πυρ αιωνιον signifies an eternally destructive fire; it has no end in the punishment of the wicked Sodomites, etc.; it has no end in the destruction of the cities; they were totally burnt up, and never were and never can be rebuilt. In either of these senses the word αιωνιος, eternal, has its grammatical and proper meaning.
The words behind it
25 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὡς | hos | just as | G5613 → | |
| Σόδομα | sodoma | Sodom | G4670 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| Γόμορρα | gomorra | Gomorrah | G1116 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| αἱ | hai | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| περὶ | peri | around | G4012 → | 332 times |
| αὐτὰς | autas | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| πόλεις | poleis | cities | G4172 → | |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ὅμοιον | homoion | in like | G3664 → | |
| τρόπον | tropon | manner | G5158 → | |
| τούτοις | toutois | with them | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ἐκπορνεύσασαι | ekporneusasai | having indulged in sexual immorality | G1608 → | |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀπελθοῦσαι | apelthousai | having gone | G565 → | |
| ὀπίσω | opiso | after | G3694 → | |
| σαρκὸς | sarkos | flesh | G4561 → | 146 times |
| ἑτέρας, | heteras | strange, | G2087 → | |
| πρόκεινται | prokeintai | are set forth as | G4295 → | |
| δεῖγμα | deigma | an example | G1164 → | |
| πυρὸς | puros | of fire | G4442 → | |
| αἰωνίου | aioniou | eternal | G166 → | |
| δίκην | diken | [the] penalty | G1349 → | |
| ὑπέχουσαι. | hupechousai | undergoing. | G5254 → |
ὡςjust as
hosG5613 →
ΣόδομαSodom
sodomaG4670 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ΓόμορραGomorrah
gomorraG1116 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
αἱthe
haiG3588 →19766 times
περὶaround
periG4012 →332 times
αὐτὰςthem
autasG846 →5565 times
πόλειςcities
poleisG4172 →
τὸν<the>
tonG3588 →19766 times
ὅμοιονin like
homoionG3664 →
τρόπονmanner
troponG5158 →
τούτοιςwith them
toutoisG3778 →1381 times
ἐκπορνεύσασαιhaving indulged in sexual immorality
ekporneusasaiG1608 →
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀπελθοῦσαιhaving gone
apelthousaiG565 →
ὀπίσωafter
opisoG3694 →
σαρκὸςflesh
sarkosG4561 →146 times
ἑτέρας,strange,
heterasG2087 →
πρόκεινταιare set forth as
prokeintaiG4295 →
δεῖγμαan example
deigmaG1164 →
πυρὸςof fire
purosG4442 →
αἰωνίουeternal
aioniouG166 →
δίκην[the] penalty
dikenG1349 →
ὑπέχουσαι.undergoing.
hupechousaiG5254 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
it leads to
- Genesis 19:24–25
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 17:28–30
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
- Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
- Numbers 26:10
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
- Genesis 19:24–25
Through
Genesis 18:20Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
it leads to
- Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
- Ezekiel 16:49–50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Genesis 19:13
Through
Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
it leads to
- Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual…
- Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
- Zephaniah 2:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Clement of Alexandria, From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus; Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book IV; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Jude; Tertullian, To His Wife Book II and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Jude.