2 Peter 3:6

and that through these things, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

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

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5They willfully forget that the heavens and the earth came to exist out of water and through water, long ago, by God's command,

7But now the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire by that same command. They are reserved for the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:15then I will call to mind my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. The waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Matthew 24:38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark,

2 Peter 2:5Also, he did not spare the ancient world. Instead, he preserved Noah, who was a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly.

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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