2 Peter 2:4
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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;”
κρίσις
Judgment, decision, tribunal. Krisis. The Father has committed all judgment to the Son. The one who died for sinners is the one who will judge them. That is both sobering and gracious.
παραδίδωμι
He delivered them
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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τηρέω
being kept,
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τηρέω
To keep, to guard, to observe. Tereo. Keep yourselves in the love of God. Staying in God's love requires active keeping. Do not drift. Make choices that keep you close.
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φείδομαι
spared,
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φείδομαι
to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently
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σειρά
in chains
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σειρά
akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι)); a chain (as binding or drawing)
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ταρταρόω
to Tartarus
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ταρταρόω
to incarcerate in eternal torment
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ζόφος
of gloomy darkness
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ζόφος
gloom (as shrouding like a cloud)
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εἰ
If
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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