# Connecting Statement:

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.

# did not spare

"did not refrain from punishing" or "punished"

# but delivered them into hell

This tells how God punished the angels who sinned. Alternate translation: "but threw them down into hell" or "but sent them to hell"

# to be kept in chains of darkness

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]])

# in chains of darkness

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]])

# until the judgment

This refers to the day of judgment when God will judge every person.