Jude 1:6

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

And {G5037} the angels {G32} which kept {G5083} not {G3361} their {G1438} first estate {G746}, but {G235} left {G620} their own {G2398} habitation {G3613}, he hath reserved {G5083} in everlasting {G126} chains {G1199} under {G5259} darkness {G2217} unto {G1519} the judgment {G2920} of the great {G3173} day {G2250}.

And the angels that did not keep within their original authority, but abandoned their proper sphere, he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for the Judgment of the Great Day.

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Peter 2:4 (30 votes)

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Matthew 25:41 (11 votes)

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Ephesians 6:12 (11 votes)

    For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].

  • Matthew 8:29 (10 votes)

    And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

  • 2 Peter 2:9 (7 votes)

    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  • Hebrews 10:27 (5 votes)

    But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

  • John 8:44 (5 votes)

    Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.