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NASB | 2 Peter 2:4 ¶ For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 2:4 ¶ For if God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but threw them into hell and sent them to pits of gloom to be kept [there] for judgment; |
Subject: explain Genesis 6:2-4 |
Bible Note: Hi, Source... Christian scholars see the Nephilim of Genesis 6:4 as a prediluvian people who were descendants of the sons of Seth and the daughters of Cain. There is an old aphorism that I heard from one of my hermeneutics professors: when the plain sense makes good sense seek no other sense (see post #156918). This aberrant interpretation concerning the Nephilim being some sort of hybrid, has resulted from folks leveraging a single word in a single verse, unsupported by any genuine scholar of scripture since the time of Moses, does not lend itself to a serious exegete. What is clear in the account of Genesis is that the author of the parasite kingdom (Satan) had intentions to disrupt the evangelium of Genesis 3:15. But God, in His sovereign providence, dealt with all of that decisively in the flood. To say much more would be speculative at best. We should teach what the Bible reveals, and all that the Bible reveals, but when the Word falls silent (Deuteronomy 29:29a) then so ought we all. (cf Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Revelation 22:18-19) In Him, Doc |