2 Peter 3:4
They will say, “Where is the promise of his return? From when our fathers fell asleep, all things have stayed the same, since the beginning of creation.”
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Genesis 19:14Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had promised to marry his daughters, and said, “Quick, get out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
Ecclesiastes 8:11When a sentence against an evil crime is not executed quickly, it entices the hearts of human beings to do evil.
Jeremiah 5:12They have spoken falsely about Yahweh and they said, “He will do nothing; 1 no harm will come upon us, and we will not see sword or famine. 1
Ezekiel 11:3They are saying, 'The time to build houses is not now; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.'
Malachi 2:17You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”
Matthew 24:48But if an evil servant says in his heart, 'My master has been delayed,'
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 →