‏ 2 Peter 2:4

 For if God spared not ( ε γαρ ο θεος ουκ εφεισατο ). First instance ( γαρ ) of certain doom, that of the fallen angels. Condition of the first class precisely like that in Ro 11:21 save that here the normal apodosis ( υμων ου φεισετα ) is not expressed as there, but is simply implied in verse 9 by  οιδεν κυριος ρυεσθα (the Lord knows how to deliver) after the parenthesis in verse 8.

 Angels when they sinned ( αγγελων αμαρτησαντων ). Genitive case after  εφεισατο (first aorist middle indicative of  φειδομα ) and anarthrous (so more emphatic, even angels), first aorist active participle of  αμαρτανω, "having sinned."

 Cast them down to hell ( ταρταρωσας ). First aorist active participle of  ταρταροω, late word (from  ταρταρος, old word in Homer, Pindar, LXX Job 40:15; 41:23, Philo, inscriptions, the dark and doleful abode of the wicked dead like the Gehenna of the Jews), found here alone save in a scholion on Homer.  Ταρταρος occurs in Enoch 20:2 as the place of punishment of the fallen angels, while Gehenna is for apostate Jews.

 Committed ( παρεδωκεν ). First aorist active indicative of  παραδιδωμ, the very form solemnly used by Paul in Ro 1:21, 26, 28.

 To pits of darkness ( σειροις ζοφου ).  Ζοφος (kin to  γνοφοσ, νεφος ) is an old word, blackness, gloom of the nether world in Homer, in N.T. only here, verse 17; Jude 1:13; Heb 12:18. The MSS. vary between  σειραις ( σειρα, chain or rope) and  σειροις ( σειρος, old word for pit, underground granary).  Σειροις is right (Aleph A B C), dative case of destination.

 To be reserved unto judgment ( εις κρισιν τηρουμενους ). Present (linear action) passive participle of  τηρεω. "Kept for judgment." Cf. 1Pe 1:4. Aleph A have  κολαζομενους τηρειν as in verse 9. Note  κρισις (act of judgment).

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