2 Peter 3:4
saying: “Where is his promise or his advent? For from the time that the fathers have slept, all things have continued just as they were from the beginning of creation.”
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Genesis 19:14And so Lot, going out, spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to receive his daughters, and he said: “Rise up. Depart from this place. For the Lord will destroy this city.” And it seemed to them that he was speaking playfully.
Ecclesiastes 8:11For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied the Lord, and they have said, ‘It is not him,’ and, ‘Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.’
Ezekiel 11:3saying: ‘Was it so long ago that houses were being built? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, “In what way, have we wearied him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him,” or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?”
Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’
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 →