2 Peter 3:5
But 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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6It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water.
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Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters to divide the waters.”
Psalms 24:2For he is the one who laid its foundations on the seas, setting it in place on the waters.
Psalms 136:6To him who spread out the earth over the waters. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.
John 3:19This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions were evil.
Colossians 1:17He existed before everything, and he holds everything together.
Hebrews 11:3Through our trust in God we understand that the whole universe was created by God's command, that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
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 →