2 Peter 2:4

2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

3 In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
KJV
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;
WEB
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved for judgment;
ASV
For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
DARBY
For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;
BLB
For if God did not spare the angels having sinned, but having cast [them] down to Tartarus in chains of gloomy darkness, He delivered [them], being kept for judgment;
ÅB
For Gud sparte heller ikke englene som syndet, men styrtet dem ned i avgrunnen og overgav dem til mørkets huler, holdt i varetekt til dom,
OTB
For hvis Gud ikke sparte engler da de syndet, men kastet dem i helvete og overgav dem til mørkets groper, holdt for dom;
B1930
For så sant Gud ikke sparte engler da de syndet, men styrtet dem ned i avgrunnen og overgav dem til mørkets huler i varetekt til dom,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jude 1:6

    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.

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  • Matthew 25:41

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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  • Romans 8:32

    He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

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  • Revelation 20:1–3

    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

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  • Revelation 12:7–9

    Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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  • Isaiah 14:12

    How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

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  • Revelation 20:10

    And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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  • Ezekiel 7:4

    I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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