Jude 1:10 (LSB)

Passage

But these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he, disputing with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Jude 1:10 But these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have poured themselves into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Jude 1:12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blaspheme", "things", "understand", "instinct", "like", "unreasoning", and "animals". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blaspheme" and "things", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But Michael the archangel when he disputing..." into verse 11's "Woe to them For they have gone...", so "blaspheme" and "things" 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 "blaspheme" and "things" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.