2 Peter 3:7
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 the ungodly men.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Cross References
Psalms 102:26In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: end the heavens are the works of thy hands.
Zephaniah 3:8Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection that is to come, for my judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms: and to pour upon them my indignation, all my fierce anger: for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.
Matthew 11:22But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
Matthew 25:41Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.
Romans 2:5But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest up to thyself wrath, against the day of wrath, and revelation of the just 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 →