2 Peter 3:5

But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4saying: “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.”

6By water, the former world then, having been inundated with water, perished.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”

Psalms 24:2In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.

Psalms 136:6May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

John 3:19And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.

Colossians 1:17And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

Hebrews 11:3By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.

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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