Jude 1:10 (WEB)

Passage

But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:8 Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

Jude 1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Jude 1:12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "speak", "evil", "whatever", "things", "destroyed", "understand", and "naturally". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "evil", 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 contending with..." into verse 11's "Woe to them For they went in...", so "speak" and "evil" 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 "speak" and "evil" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.