J. H. Elliott 2000: 697–705). Second Peter 2:4 follows Jude in his reference to the angelic sin. Jude’s purpose in evoking the story of the angelic fall is to demonstrate that those who hold a privileged position are not exempt from divine judgment if they embrace sin. The apostasy of the angels and the judgment against them is paradigmatic for the present time: as the angels, so these heretics, whom Jude deems to be apostates (v. 8). The link between the heretics and the angelic apostasy is strengthened