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For if — Or since, as ει γαρ may be here rendered; God spared not the angels that sinned — “The angels seem to have been placed originally in a state of trial. Those who stood are called in Scripture, the holy angels. The sin of the angels is spoken of likewise, John 8:44, and Jude, 2 Peter 2:6, as a thing well known.
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(3) And through covetousness. —Better, In covetousness. This...
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Peter with this verse cited some historical examples of God’s judgment and condemnation of the wicked (noting also that the righteous were spared), these being: (1) the example of the sinning angels; (2) the case of Noah and his generation; (3) the example of Sodom and Gomorrah; and (4) the deliverance of Lot.
10 Απρ 2023 · 4 The wicked (Lxx = asebes) are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked (Lxx = asebes) will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked (Lxx = asebes) will perish.
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We know that God’s work will always bear fruit, but the devil’s work can also increase. i. The most distressing aspect of the work of false teachers is not that they are among you (2 Peter 2:1). False teachers always have been and always will be among Christians.
17 Ιουν 1998 · Read Introduction to 2 Peter. “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.”. Chapter two is in the minor key. It tells the dark tale of apostasy.
Note also in respect to this how it is emphasised that both the past destruction of the Flood and the coming destruction by fire will affect ‘the heavens' as well as the earth (2 Peter 3:5; 2 Peter 3:7). · Noah and the Flood of water that destroyed the earth (2 Peter 2:5 compare Genesis 6:5 to Genesis 8:22). Note also in respect to this 2 ...
