2 Peter 3:5

For this they chuse to keep out of sight, that by the word of God the heavens were created of old, and the earth rising out of the water and subsisting amidst the water;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue in the same state as from the beginning of the creation.

6whence the world then existing, being deluged by water, was destroyed;

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Cross References

John 3:19Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Colossians 1:17and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the worlds were exactly formed by the word of God, so that the visible objects were not made out of things which now appear.

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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