2 Peter 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 2:4

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;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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;

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;

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

CATENA (444)

When Christ came from heaven, he bound the leaders of the demons in hell. This is clear from the way in which he commanded the spirits, lest they be thrown into the abyss. For he bound some and ordered others to depart, as we can see from sayings like "Look, I have given you power over unclean spirits"; "Cast out demons," and so on. Afterwards, in order to perfect the punishment of those whom he had earlier bound, he cast them into eternal fire.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There is no place nor state between the height of glory and the depth of misery in which they shall be allowed to rest. If creatures sin in heaven, they must suffer in hell. Sin is the work of darkness, and darkness is the wages of sin.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For if God spared not the angels - The angels were originally placed in a state of probation; some having fallen and some having stood proves this. How long that probation was to last to them, and what was the particular test of their fidelity, we know not; nor indeed do we know what was their sin; nor when nor how they fell. St. Jude says they kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation; which seems to indicate that they got discontented with their lot, and aspired to higher honors, or perhaps to celestial domination.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἰ	Ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἀγγέλων	angelōn	of [the] angels	G32 →
ἁμαρτησάντων	hamartēsantōn	[who] having sinned	G264 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐφείσατο,	epheisato	spared,	G5339 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
σειραῖς	seirais	in chains	G4577 →
ζόφου	zophou	of gloomy darkness	G2217 →
ταρταρώσας	tartarōsas	to Tartarus	G5020 →
παρέδωκεν	paredōken	He delivered [them]	G3860 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
κρίσιν	krisin	judgment	G2920 →
τηρουμένους,	tēroumenous	being kept,	G5083 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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?
leads to
- John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 1 John 4:10
  And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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.
- Ephesians 6:12
  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Through
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.
leads to
- Jude 1:6–7
  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.