Jude 1:10

But these people malign whatever they do not understand; while they use such things as they know by instinct (like the animals that have no reason) for their own corruption.

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In The 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.

In Context

9Yet even Michael, the archangel, when, in his dispute with the devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely ‘The Lord rebuke you!’

11Alas for them! They walk in the steps of Cain; led astray by Balaam’s love of gain, they plunge into sin, and meet their ruin through rebellion like Korah.

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Cross References

Romans 1:21because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:9-16

Contumacious Professors. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 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. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of… Read the whole commentary →

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