2 Peter 3:5

For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,

Darby Translation

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

4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from [the] beginning of [the] creation.

6through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

Psalms 24:2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

Psalms 136:6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

John 3:19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.

Colossians 1:17And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we apprehend that the worlds were framed by [the] word of God, so that that which is seen should not take its origin from things which appear.

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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