2 Peter 2:4 — For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell an… — AMP | maBible
Read 2 Peter 2:4 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Peter 2.4, 2 Peter 2v4, 2P. 2:4. For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment;
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4 For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment;
Notes and references
This verse begins one of the longest sentences in the NT. The sentence concludes in v 10a.
For emphasis Peter uses a word (tartarus) from Greek mythology describing a hell reserved for the most horrendous of people to emphasize the terrible doom awaiting false prophets and teachers who manipulate and twist the truth of the gospel message.