2 Peter 3:4

“So what happened to this coming he promised?” they ask. “Right from the time our ancestors died, everything's continued as it always has, ever since creation began.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Above all you should know that derisive people will come in the last days, full of mockery and following their own evil desires.

5But they deliberately ignore the fact that by God's command the heavens were created long ago. The earth came into existence from the water, and was surrounded by water.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:14Lot went immediately to speak to the men who were engaged to marry his daughters. “Get up quickly and leave,” he said, “because the Lord is about to destroy the town!” But they thought it was just a joke.

Ecclesiastes 8:11When people are not punished quickly for their crimes they are even more determined to do wrong.

Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about the Lord, saying, “He won't do anything. Nothing bad will happen to us. We won't have war or famine.

Ezekiel 11:3They're saying, ‘Is this the time for us to be building houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat inside it.’

Malachi 2:17You have worn the Lord out with your words. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and he is happy with them, or by asking, where is the Lord's justice?

Matthew 24:48But if he was evil, the servant would say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time,’

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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