Lux Domini
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.

What does Jude 1:5 mean?

Outward privileges, profession, and apparent conversion, could not secure those from the vengeance of God, who turned aside in unbelief and disobedience.

Key themes

FaithJustice and mercySalvationFalse teaching

Read with

Keep this verse inside Jude 1:5-7 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Egypt Place

The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.