2 Peter 2:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 For if God didn’t spare(A) the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus[a](B) and delivered them to be kept in chains[b] of darkness until judgment;(C) 5 and if He didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah,(D) a preacher of righteousness, and seven others,[c](E) when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah(F) to ashes and condemned them to ruin,[d] making them an example to those who were going to be ungodly;[e](G)
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- 2 Peter 2:4 = Gk name for a place of divine punishment in the underworld.
- 2 Peter 2:4 Other mss read in pits
- 2 Peter 2:5 Lit righteousness, as the eighth
- 2 Peter 2:6 Other mss omit to ruin
- 2 Peter 2:6 Other mss read an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly
2 Peter 2:4-6
New International Version
4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(A) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(B) 5 if he did not spare the ancient world(C) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(D) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(E) 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(F) and made them an example(G) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(H)
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
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