2 Peter 3:6

by which the world then perished, having been overflowed with water.

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In The King James Version

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

In Context

5For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,

7But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Matthew 24:38For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark.

2 Peter 2:5and he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness, when he brought on a flood upon the world of the irreverent,

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:4-8

The Cavils of Infidels; Destruction of the World. ( a. d. 67.) 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being… Read the whole commentary →

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