whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don’t bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Whereas angels, and so forth By comparing this place with what we read in S. Jude, (verse 9) he speaks of the good angels whom God employed to banish the rebellious angels out of heaven, and on other occasions, who, though they had greater strength and power given them by the Almighty, yet did not bear execrable judgment against themselves; that is one against another, or against those who at first had been happy spirits with them in heaven; did not exult over them with injuries and reviling reflections, but executed their commands in the name of God, saying, let the Lord command you. See Jude, verse 9. Witham.—Bring not an execrable judgment, and so forth That is, they use no railing, nor cursing sentence; not even in their conflicts with the evil angels. Challoner.