In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns, which plunged into sexual immorality and pursued flesh of another kind, stand as a warning, paying the penalty of eternal fire.
In context
5I want to remind you of something you already know well: that the Lord, after rescuing his people from Egypt, later destroyed those among them who refused to believe. 6And the angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in eternal chains, under darkness, to await the great day of judgment. 7In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns, which plunged into sexual immorality and pursued flesh of another kind, stand as a warning, paying the penalty of eternal fire. 8Yet in the same way, these dreamers defile their own bodies, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones. 9But when the archangel Michael, disputing with the devil, argued over the body of Moses, he did not dare bring a slanderous accusation against the devil. Instead he said, “The Lord rebuke you.”