2 Peter 3:5
But it is hid from them willing this thing (or But it is hidden from those, or unknown to those, desiring this), that (the) heavens were before, and the earth of water was standing by (the) water, by God’s word; [Soothly it is hid from them willing this thing, that (the) heavens were first, and the earth of water and by water being, or standing, together by God’s word;]
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In Context
6by which that same world (was) cleansed, then by water perished.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, The firmament be made in the midst of (the) waters, and part (the) waters from (the) waters.
Psalms 24:2For he founded it on the seas; and made it ready on floods. (For he founded it upon the seas; and established it upon the depths below.)
Psalms 136:6Which made steadfast [the] earth on waters. (Who made the earth firm upon the waters.)
John 3:19And this is the doom, for light came into the world, and men loved more (the) darknesses than (the) light; for their works were evil. (And this is the judgement, yea, the light came into the world, but men loved the darkness more than the light; because their works were evil.)
Colossians 1:17and he is before all, and all things be in him.
Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the worlds were made [or were shaped] by God’s word, that visible things were made (out) of invisible things.
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 →