Now I want to remind you, though you know everything once and for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- NKJV But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
- NLT So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.
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Quick answer
Jude reminds readers that the Lord saved Israel out of Egypt but later destroyed those among them who did not believe.
Overview
Drawing on the wilderness generation (Numbers 14), Jude warns that being part of the covenant community is no guarantee against judgment for unbelief. The same Lord who delivers can also judge those who fall away in unbelief. This sobering example sets the pattern for the verses that follow and underscores that genuine faith, not mere association, marks God's true people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Heb 3:16For who, when they heard, rebelled? No, didn’t all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?
- Num 26:64–65But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
- 1 Cor 10:1–12Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- Ps 106:26Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
- Num 14:22–37because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
- Deut 2:15–16Moreover Yahweh’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.
- Rom 15:15But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
- 2 Pet 1:12–13Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.
- 2 Pet 3:1This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
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