Jude 1:8 (DBY)

Passage

Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile [the] flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:6 And angels who had not kept their own original state, but had abandoned their own dwelling, he keeps in eternal chains under gloomy darkness, to [the] judgment of [the] great day;

Jude 1:7 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.

Jude 1:8 Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile [the] flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.

Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when disputing with the devil he reasoned about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing judgment against [him], but said, [The] Lord rebuke thee.

Jude 1:10 But these, whatever things they know not, they speak railingly against; but what even, as the irrational animals, they understand by mere nature, in these things they corrupt themselves.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "manner", "dreamers", "defile", "flesh", "despise", "lordship", and "speak". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "manner", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities..." into verse 9's "But Michael the archangel when disputing with...", so "like" and "manner" belong inside that flow. In Jude context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "like" and "manner" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.