2 Peter 3:7

but 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.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

6by which the world at that time, being flooded with water, perished:

8But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:22Moreover I say unto you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

Matthew 12:36And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.

Matthew 25:41Then will He also say unto those on the left, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

Romans 2:5But according to thy hardness and thy impenitent heart, thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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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