2 Peter 2:4

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Peter 2:4

Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1820) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "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." 2 Peter 2:4 . THESE ARE ANCIENT THINGS." Most men hunger after... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Peter 2:1-22

Chapter 2False prophets have always been around. Now they don't wear signs, "I'm a false prophet". They come in sheep's clothing. They look like sheep. They come sometimes dripping with love and phrases of love. And a lot of times you listen to them and say, "Boy, they're good. They really speak a lot of truth". And that's why they are able to deceive. If a false prophet only said false things, no one would be deceived by them. But usually what they say is ninety-five percent true. And thus... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Peter 2:1-22

2 Peter 2:1 . False teachers who bring in damnable heresies. Sects leading to perdition, and to the extreme of punishment. Who were they? They were yet to come, in part; the roots only began as yet to shoot; hence the apostle says, there shall be false teachers among you. Now these were roots, or offsets of the gnostics or knowing ones. This sect boasted of superior knowledge, and assumed superior liberty. They broke through the oriental restraint, and introduced women to their feasts.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Peter 2:4-10

2 Peter 2:4-10If God spared not the angels that sinned.Angelic sinnersI. That they are the most ancient sinners. They were the first transgressors of Heaven’s eternal law.1. The uniqueness of their circumstances. They had no tempter. Adam had; so has his race ever since; so have we. All their propensities were in favour of holiness.2. The force of their freedom. Having neither an outward tempter nor an inward propensity to wrong, they must have risen up against all the external circumstances... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Peter 2:4

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; Ver. 4. If God spared not the angels ] Though but for one sin only, and that in thought only. It sprang from the admiration of their own gifts, it was confirmed by pride and ambition, it was perfected by envy, stirred by the decree of exalting man’s nature above angels in and by Christ. Some say it was a transgression of some commandment in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Peter 2:4

spared: 2 Peter 2:5, Deuteronomy 29:20, Psalms 78:50, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Romans 8:32, Romans 11:21 the angels: Job 4:18, Luke 10:18, John 8:44, 1 John 3:8, Jude 1:6 but: Isaiah 14:12, Matthew 8:29, Matthew 25:41, Mark 5:7, Luke 8:31, Revelation 12:7-1 Samuel :, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:10 into: 2 Peter 2:11, Jude 1:6 to be: 2 Peter 2:9, Job 21:30, Jude 1:13 Reciprocal: Exodus 10:21 - darkness Job 6:10 - let him not Job 21:22 - he judgeth Job... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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;Cast them down to hell — The bottomless pit, a place of unknown misery.Delivered them — Like condemned criminals to safe custody, as if bound with the strongest chains in a dungeon of darkness, to be reserved unto the judgment of the great day. Though still those chains do not hinder their often walking up and down seeking whom they may devour. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Peter 2:4

2. The certainty of their punishment maintained from three historic precedents, 2 Peter 2:4-12. a. First case The fallen angels. 4. Angels that sinned When, why, how, or how many, we are nowhere informed. We only know that some angels “kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,” (Jude 1:6,) and that they sinned. Inasmuch as sin is transgression, it follows that they were living under law, and were therefore in a state of probation. By their sin they fell under God’s... read more