2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

In Context

6by which things the world that then was, having been overflowed with water, perished.

8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:22But I say to you, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judgment, than for you.

Matthew 12:36But I say to you, That for every idle word which men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.

Matthew 25:41Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

Romans 2:5But, according to your hard and impenitent heart, you treasure up to yourself wrath for a day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

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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