Jude 1:7 (GNV)

Passage

As Sodom and Gomorrhe, and the cities about them, which in like maner as they did, committed fornication, and followed strange flesh, are set foorth for an ensample, and suffer the vengeance of eternall fire.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:5 I wil therfore put you in remebrance, forasmuch as ye once knew this, how that the Lord, after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt, destroied them afterward which beleeued not.

Jude 1:6 The Angels also which kept not their first estate, but left their owne habitation, hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day.

Jude 1:7 As Sodom and Gomorrhe, and the cities about them, which in like maner as they did, committed fornication, and followed strange flesh, are set foorth for an ensample, and suffer the vengeance of eternall fire.

Jude 1:8 Likewise notwithstanding these sleepers also defile the flesh, and despise gouernment, and speake euill of them that are in authoritie.

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the Archangell, when hee stroue against the deuill, and disputed about the body of Moses, durst not blame him with cursed speaking, but sayd, The Lord rebuke thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sodom", "gomorrhe", "cities", "like", "maner", "committed", "fornication", and "followed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sodom" and "gomorrhe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "The Angels also which kept not their..." into verse 8's "Likewise notwithstanding these sleepers also defile the...", so "sodom" and "gomorrhe" 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 "sodom" and "gomorrhe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.