2 Peter 2:11
uWhereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not *railing accusation 3against them before the Lord.
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
ὅπου ἄγγελοι, ἰσχύϊ καὶ δυνάμει μείζονες ὄντες, οὐ φέρουσι κατ᾽ αὐτῶν παρὰ Κυρίῳ βλάσφημον κρίσιν.
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Psalms 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Psalms 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Daniel 6:22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
*:
railing-abusive.
3:
Some read against themselves.
good angels, Jud 1:9.
either greater than these audacious false teachers, or else greater than the forementioned dignities.
i.e. greater in their natural strength, and in their dignity.
use not reviling, reproachful language; the same with speaking evil in the former verse.
either:
1. Against dignities, 2Pe 2:10; and then the meaning is, that good angels, great and powerful as they are, yet bring not a railing accusation before the Lord against magistrates and princes, but when they have had any thing against them, yet have carried themselves with modesty, and due respect to that dignity in which God had placed such, having a regard to civil government as God’s constitution, and being themselves, at God’s appointment, guardians and keepers, even of wicked kingdoms, as Dan 10:1-21 and Dan 11:1-45. Or:
2. Against themselves, as in the margin; and then the sense is, that angels do not reproach nor revile each other, nay, not the devil himself as appears, Jud 1:9, which place may explain this; and therefore it did ill become these false teachers, who were so much below angels, to contemn, revile, or rail on princes and civil magistrates, who were so much above themselves, and had their authority from God.