⁴ For ^(A)if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into ^[a]hell and ^(B)committed them to ^[b]pits of darkness, held for judgment; ⁵ and did not spare ^(C)the ancient world, but protected ^(D)Noah, a ^[c]preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a ^(E)flood upon the world of the ungodly;

^9 (A)then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from ^[a]a trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the ^(B)day of judgment, ¹⁰ and especially those who ^[b](C)indulge the flesh in its corrupt passion, and ^(D)despise ^[c]authority.

^[d]Reckless, ^(E)self-centered, they ^(F)speak abusively of angelic ^[e]majesties without trembling,