1:5 Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts 9 once for all 10 ) that Jesus, 11 having saved the 12 people out of the land of Egypt, later 13 destroyed those who did not believe. 1:6 You also know that 14 the angels who did not keep within their proper domain 15 but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept 16 in eternal chains 17 in utter 18 darkness, locked up 19 for the judgment of the great Day. 1:7 So also 20 Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, 21 since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire 22 in a way similar to 23 these angels, 24 are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
1:8 Yet these men, 25 as a result of their dreams, 26 defile the flesh, reject authority, 27 and insult 28 the glorious ones. 29 1:9 But even 30 when Michael the archangel 31 was arguing with the devil and debating with him 32 concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!” 1:10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend. 33 1:11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, 34 and because of greed 35 have abandoned themselves 36 to 37 Balaam’s error; hence, 38 they will certainly perish 39 in Korah’s rebellion. 1:12 These men are 40 dangerous reefs 41 at your love feasts, 42 feasting without reverence, 43 feeding only themselves. 44 They are 45 waterless 46 clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit 47 – twice dead, 48 uprooted; 1:13 wild sea waves, 49 spewing out the foam of 50 their shame; 51 wayward stars 52 for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness 53 have been reserved.