Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
What does Jude 1:7 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
FaithSuffering and trialsJustice and mercyFalse teaching
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Keep this verse inside Jude 1:5-7 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
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Glossary
- Gomorrah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Sodom Place
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Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim ( Gen. 13:10 ; 14:1-16 ). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17 ). Modern identification: south of the Lisan.