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And in greed they will exploit[a] you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment from-long-ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

God Will Reserve Them For Punishment And Protect The Righteous

For if God did not spare angels having sinned but handed-them-over to chains of gloom, having cast-them-into-hell, being reserved for[b] judgment; and He did not spare the ancient world but protected the eighth[c] one, Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, having brought a flood upon the world of ungodly ones;

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  1. 2 Peter 2:3 Or, make merchandise of.
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Or, until.
  3. 2 Peter 2:5 That is, eighth along with seven others.

In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(C) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(D) if he did not spare the ancient world(E) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(F) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(G)

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  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons