2 Peter 3:5

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;

Montgomery 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 say, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the day that our fathers fell asleep everything continues as it was from the beginning of the creation."

6and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed by a deluge of water.

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Cross References

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

Colossians 1:17and HE IS before all, and in him all things subsist.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the world was fashioned by the Word of God, so that what we see was not made out of what is visible.

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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