2 Peter 3:5
For this they, willfully, forget—that there were, heavens, from of old, and, an earth, on account of water and by means of water, compacted, by God’s word,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, perished;
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
Psalms 24:2For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
Psalms 136:6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
John 3:19And, this, is the judgment: That, the light, hath come into the world,—and men loved, rather the darkness than the light, for, wicked, were their, works.
Colossians 1:17And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;
Hebrews 11:3By faith, we understand the ages to have been fitted together, by declaration of God,—to the end that, not out of things appearing, should that which is seen, have come into existence.
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 →