2 Peter 3:5

for this they willingly conceal, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth having been established by the word of God out of water and through water,

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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:

In Context

4and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation”;

6through which the world then, having been flooded by water, was destroyed;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.”

Psalms 24:2For He has founded it on the seas, || And He establishes it on the floods.

Psalms 136:6To Him spreading the earth over the waters, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

Colossians 1:17and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen having not come out of things appearing.

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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