2 Peter 3:5

For they are willingly ignorant of this, that by the Word of God the heavens were made of old, and the earth too from the water, and subsisting on the water.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

4walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the declaration of his coming? for except that the fathers are fallen asleep, all things remain as they were from the beginning of the creation.

6Whence the old world being drowned in water perished.

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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 1:17He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.

Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, for the things which are seen were not made of things which 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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