In the book of Job, it suggests that angels sin. Do they?
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Here is a Christian perspective based on the New Testament.
Yes, angels can and did sin.
In 2 Peter 2:4 (A.V.), it is written,
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Hopefully that settles the matter.
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