2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

Predictive, Deponent; make a quick killing like a travelling
salesman) you (Acc. Dir. Obj.), whose (Dat. Poss.) divine
discipline (Subj. Nom.; judicial sentence) will not (neg.
adv.) be delayed (avrge,w, PAI3S, Gnomic; is not lingering)
for long (temporal adv.); indeed (affirmative; you may not
see it coming, but it is on its way in God’s time), their
(Poss. Gen.) ruin (Subj. Nom.; temporal destruction, loss of
everything worth living for, sin unto death) is not (neg.
adv.) sleeping (nusta,zw, PAI3S, Progressive; it’s already in
motion).
BGT 2 Peter 2:3 kai. evn pleonexi,a| plastoi/j lo,goij u`ma/j evmporeu,sontai( oi-j to. kri,ma
e;kpalai ouvk avrgei/ kai. h` avpw,leia auvtw/n ouv nusta,zeiÅ
VUL
2 Peter 2:3 et in avaritia fictis verbis de vobis negotiabuntur quibus iudicium iam olim non
cessat et perditio eorum non dormitat
LWB 2 Peter 2:4 For example, God did not spare the angels who sinned [by
cohabiting with the daughters of men], but when incarcerating them in Tartarus,
He committed them with chains of darkness for the purpose of being reserved for
judgment [to be cast into the Lake of Fire forever].
KW 2 Peter 2:4 For, in view of the fact that God did not spare angels who sinned, but
having thrust them down into Tartarus, committed them to pits of nether-world gloom,
being reserved for judgment,
KJV 2 Peter 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;
TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS
Peter provides an example of evil being punished by God, in this case, the perpetrators
were the fallen angels who sinned by cohabiting with the daughters of men in the days of
Noah (Constative Aorist tense). Just like they didn’t get away with their sins against
mankind, nobody today gets away with their sins against mankind. God did not spare
divine judgment (Gnomic Aorist tense) on the fallen angels. He imprisoned them in
Tartarus (Dramatic Aorist tense). He committed them with chains of darkness (Dramatic
Aorist tense). No prison guards are needed with this kind of chain or prison cell. Without
a hint of light from any direction, darkness is their prison. There is no movement, no
place to go, nothing to see, just the absolute black of darkness for thousands of years.
They are being reserved in this state even now (Durative Present tense) for future
judgment. They will eventually be cast into the Lake of Fire forever. That is a pretty good
example of the judgment of God, if you ask me, but it is only the first of many. Peter
wants to reassure his readers that the false teachers will not get away with their heresies
unpunished. Sirais (chains) and sirois (pits) are both attested in manuscripts; I chose
chains.
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