2 Peter 3:6

by which word the world that then was perished, being flooded by water.

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

In Context

5This because they deliberately ignore that heavens and land (out of water and through water) had been existing from of old by the word of God,

7But the current heavens, and the earth, are being reserved by His word for fire, being preserved until the day of judgment and perdition of godless men.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:38For just as they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, in the days before the flood until the day that Noah entered the ark,

2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,

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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