2 Peter 3:6

by which the world at that time, being flooded with water, perished:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5For they willingly forget this, that the heavens were in the olden time, and the earth standing out of the water and through the water, by the word of God;

7but now the heavens and the earth have been kept according to the same word, being reserved for fire in the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people.

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Cross References

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

2 Peter 2:5and spared not the old world, but delivered Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, brings the flood upon 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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