Focused Passage

Jude 1:8-10

Contend for the Faith, Keep Yourselves in God’s Love, and Rest in the God Who Keeps You

Jude moves from divine preservation and mercy, to the urgent call to contend for the apostolic faith, to examples of judgment against rebellion, to exposure of ungodly intruders, to the church’s call to persevere in love and mercy, and finally to a doxology celebrating the God who is able to keep his people from falling.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

9 But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

10 These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

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References and Original Words

Verse 8

Original words

Yet μέντοι G3305 Conjunction in the same way Ὁμοίως G3668 Adverb . . . καὶ G2532 Conjunction - μὲν G3303 Conjunction these οὗτοι G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural dreamers ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι G1797 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural defile μιαίνουσιν G3392 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural [their] bodies σάρκα G4561 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction reject ἀθετοῦσιν G114 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural authority κυριότητα G2963 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular and δὲ G1161 Conjunction slander βλασφημοῦσιν G987 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural glorious [beings] δόξας G1391 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Verse 9

Original words

But [even] δὲ G1161 Conjunction the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular archangel ἀρχάγγελος G743 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Michael Μιχαὴλ G3413 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular when ὅτε G3753 Adverb vvv διελέγετο G1256 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular he disputed διακρινόμενος G1252 Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular with the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular devil διαβόλῳ G1228 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular over περὶ G4012 Preposition the τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Singular body σώματος G4983 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular of Moses Μωϋσέως G3475 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb did not presume ἐτόλμησεν G5111 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to bring ἐπενεγκεῖν G2018 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active a slanderous βλασφημίας G988 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular charge {against him} κρίσιν G2920 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular but ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction said εἶπεν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [The] Lord Κύριος G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular rebuke Ἐπιτιμήσαι G2008 Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular you σοι G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular

BSB notes

  • This account is attributed by Origen to the Testament of Moses, also called the Assumption of Moses.
Verse 10

Original words

These [men] οὗτοι G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural however δὲ G1161 Conjunction - ὅσα G3745 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural - μὲν G3303 Conjunction slander βλασφημοῦσιν G987 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural what ὅσα G3745 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural vvv οὐκ G3756 Adverb they do not understand οἴδασιν G1492 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural and δὲ G1161 Conjunction like ὡς G5613 Adverb - τὰ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Plural irrational ἄλογα G249 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural animals ζῷα G2226 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural they will be destroyed φθείρονται G5351 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural by ἐν G1722 Preposition the things τούτοις G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural they do instinctively ἐπίστανται G1987 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural . . . φυσικῶς G5447 Adverb

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