Bible Strands
Jude 1:10
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jude addresses his readers in the closing of his epistle, contrasting false teachers with the faithful restraint of the archangel Michael. He writes to warn believers against infiltrating figures who will face divine judgment.
The words — The Greek ὅσα (hosa) means "as much as" or "whatever," framing the scope of their slander. The verb βλασφημοῦσιν (blasphēmousin) literally denotes "they denigrate" or speak abusively against what remains unknown to them.
The thread — Jude echoes the imagery of 2 Peter 2:12, which compares these figures to irrational animals born for capture and destruction. The theme of unacknowledged divine knowledge leading to futile reasoning also parallels Romans 1:21.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that unexamined religious claims produce self-destructive behavior rather than spiritual insight. Readers must evaluate teaching by its alignment with known revelation rather than its emotional intensity.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Cross-references
- 2 Peter 2:12 These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
- Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.