Jude 1:6 (KJV)

Passage

And the angels 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.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Jude 1:6 And the angels 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.

Jude 1:7 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.

Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "darkness", "angels", "kept", "first", "estate", "left", "habitation", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "darkness" and "angels", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "I will therefore put you in remembrance..." into verse 7's "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha and the...", so "darkness" and "angels" 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 "darkness" and "angels" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.