2 Peter 3:5

For this they willingly know not, that the heauens were of olde, and the earth that was of the water and by the water, by the word of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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 say, Where is the promise of his comming? for since the fathers died, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation.

6Wherefore the worlde that then was, perished, ouerflowed with the water.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

Psalms 24:2For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods.

Psalms 136:6Which hath stretched out the earth vpon the waters: for his mercie endureth for euer:

John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

Colossians 1:17And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Hebrews 11:3Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we see, are not made of things which did appeare.

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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