2 Peter 3:7

But 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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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 ungodly men.

In Context

6by which word the world that then was perished, being flooded by water.

8But dear ones, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:22So I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of judgment than for you!

Matthew 12:36Furthermore, I say to you that for every useless word whatever that people may speak, they will give account of it in the Day of judgment.

Matthew 25:41“Then He will also say to those on His left: ‘Go away from me, you accursed ones, into the eternal fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Romans 2:5Rather, due to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up wrath for yourself in the day of God's wrath and revelation and righteous judgment,

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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