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their own position of authority
"the responsibilities God entrusted to them"
God has kept them in everlasting chains, in utter darkness
"God has put these angels in a dark prison from which they will never escape"
utter darkness
Here "darkness" is a metonym which represents the place of the dead or hell. Alternate translation: "in utter darkness in hell" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
the great day
the final day when God will judge everyone