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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter gives examples of people who acted against God and whom God punished because of what they did.
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# did not spare
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"did not refrain from punishing" or "punished"
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# he handed them down to Tartarus
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The word "Tartarus" is a term from Greek religion that refers to the place where evil spirits and wicked men who have died are punished. AT: "he cast them into hell" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# to be kept in chains of lower darkness
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "where he will keep them in chains of lower darkness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# in chains of lower darkness
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Possible meanings are 1) "in chains in a very dark place" or 2) "in very deep darkness that imprisons them like chains." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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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# he did not spare the ancient world
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Here the word "world" refers to the people who lived in it. AT: "he did not spare the people who lived in the ancient world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# he preserved Noah ... along with seven others
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God did not destroy Noah and seven other people when he destroyed the rest of the people who lived in the ancient world.
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# reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes
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"burned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire until only ashes remained"
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# condemned them to destruction
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Here the word "them" refers to Sodom and Gomorrah and the people who lived in them.
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# as an example of what is to happen to the ungodly
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Sodom and Gomorrah serve as an example and a warning of what will happen to others who disobey God.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/world]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/noah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sodom]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gomorrah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ash]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/condemn]] |