2 Peter 3:6
It was through water that the world that then existed was destroyed—through being flooded by water.
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In The King James Version
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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Genesis 9:15it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
Matthew 24:38It will be as in the days before the flood, when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, right up until the day that Noah went into the ark.
2 Peter 2:5God didn't spare the ancient world either, but he protected Noah who told people about the God who did right. He was one of the eight who were saved when God sent a flood upon a world of evil people.
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 →