2 Peter 3:6

through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

In Context

5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

7And by His word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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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