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Angels who didn`t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
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Commentators like Calvin and Spurgeon see this as an argument 'from the greater to the less.' If angels, who held a high and glorious position, faced severe judgment for their rebellion, then no human should presume upon their own status or privileges. This serves as a powerful warning that pride and apostasy have dire consequences, regardless of one's initial standing.
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Jude
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the angels which kept not their first estate. This is a second case denoting that the wicked would be punished. (See Barnes on [Refere…
And angels (αγγελους δε). The second example in Jude, the fallen angels, accusative case after τετηρηκεν (perfect active indicativ…
19th Century
Anglican
We now enter upon the main body of the Epistle. Three instances of God’s vengeance: the unbelievers in the wilderness, the impure angels, and Sodom…
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Baptist
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the…
The second example is of the fallen angels. The most likely reference here is to the angels (“sons of God,” cf. Genesis 6:4; [Reference …
16th Century
Protestant
And the angels. This is an argument from the greater to the less, for the state of angels is higher than ours; and yet God punished their …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the angels which kept not their first estate Or "principality"; that holy, honourable, and happy condition, in w…
Outward privileges, profession, and apparent conversion could not protect those from the vengeance of God who turned away in unbelief and disobedie…