2 Peter 3:5

For they deliberately overlook this fact: that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago, and the earth, standing out of water and in the water,

English Majority Text (NT)

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 since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as it was from the beginning of creation.”

6by which the world at that time perished, being flooded by water;

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Cross References

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

Colossians 1:17And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that time itself was framed by a command of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

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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