2 Peter 3:7

But 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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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

In Context

6and that through these things, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

8It should not escape your notice, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:26They will perish, but you will remain; 1 they will all grow old like a garment; 1 like clothing, you will remove them, and they will disappear. 1

Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for me—this is Yahweh's declaration—until the day that I rise up to seize the prey. 1 For my decision is to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms, 1 to pour out on them my anger—all of my burning wrath; 1 for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth will be consumed. + 3:8 The Hebrew text as until the day that I rise up to seize the prey . However, some ancient and modern versions have until the day that I rise up as a witness . 1

Matthew 11:22But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.

Matthew 12:36I say to you that in the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they will have said.

Matthew 25:41Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels,

Romans 2:5But it is to the extent of your hardness and unrepentant heart that you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, that is, the day of the revelation of God's righteous judgment.

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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