4For 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;
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And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. …
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-6)Men are apt to think that a reprieve is the forerunner of a pardon, and that if judgment be not speedily executed it is, or will be, certainly reversed. But the apostle tells us that how successful and prosperous soever false teachers may be, and that for a time, yet their judgment lingereth not . God has determined long ago how he will deal with them. Such unbelievers, who endeavour to turn other…
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