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# Connecting Statement:
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In verses 4-9, Peter gives three examples of times that God punished sinners. Two of these times there were also some righteous people whom God did not punish.
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# did not spare
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"did not refrain from punishing" or "punished"
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# but delivered them into hell
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This tells how God punished the angels who sinned. Alternate translation: "but threw them down into hell" or "but sent them to hell"
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# to be kept in chains of darkness
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "where he keeps them in chains of darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# in chains of darkness
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Possible meanings are 1) "in chains in a very dark place" or 2) "in darkness that imprisons them like chains." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# until the judgment
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This refers to the day of judgment when God will judge every person.
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