2 Peter 3:4

Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,

5But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

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Cross References

Genesis 19:14And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

Jeremiah 5:12They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:

Ezekiel 11:3Who say, This is not the time for building houses: this town is the cooking-pot and we are the flesh.

Malachi 2:17You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

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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