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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the angels which kept not their first estate,.... Or "principality"; that holy, honourable, and happy condition, in which they were created; for they were created in perfect holiness and…
Barnes' Notes
And the angels which kept not their first estate - A second case denoting that the wicked would be punished. Compare the notes, 2Pe 2:4. The word rendered “estate” (ἀρχὴν archēn) is, in the margin,…
Adam Clarke
The angels which kept not their first estate - Την ἑαυτων αρχην Their own principality. The words may be understood of their having invaded the office or dignity of some others, or of their having by…
We have here, I. The design of the apostle in writing this epistle to the lately converted Jews and Gentiles; namely, to establish them in the Christian faith, and a practice and conversation truly…
Cambridge Bible
And the angels which kept not their first estate The two last words answer to a Greek term which may either mean "beginning," i.e. their original constitution, the meaning adopted in the English…
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