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2 Peter 2:42Pet.2.4

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;

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car, si Dieu n'a pas épargné les anges qui ont péché, mais s'il les a précipités dans les abîmes de ténèbres et les réserve pour le jugement;

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;

Patristic reading

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  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On Faith

    ho sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment (2 Peter 2:4). About judging the living and the dead, blessed Paul says: I charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his a…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On Faith

    ho sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment (2 Peter 2:4). About judging the living and the dead, blessed Paul says: I charge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his a…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    fore it would seem that a final judgment is in store for them. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( 2 Pet. 2:4 ): "God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment." Therefore it…

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