2 Peter 3:6

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5For 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;

7but the present heavens and earth by the same word are treasured up, reserved for fire at the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:38For as they were in the days preceding the deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

2 Peter 2:5and spared not the old world, but guarded safely Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on 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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