2 Peter 3:6

by which that same world (was) cleansed, then by water perished.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But 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;]

7But the heavens that now be, and the earth, be kept by the same word, and be reserved to fire into the day of doom (or and be reserved for the fire unto the Day of Judgement), and (the) perdition of wicked men.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:15and I shall have mind of my bond of peace which I made with you, and with each soul living that nourisheth flesh; and the waters of the great flood shall no more be to do away all flesh. (and I shall remember my covenant which I made with you, and with each living soul that hath flesh; and never again shall the waters of a great flood do away all flesh.)

Matthew 24:38For as in the days before the great flood, they were eating and drinking, wedding and taking to wedding, till that day, that Noe (or Noah) entered into the ship;

2 Peter 2:5and spared not the first world, but kept Noe (or Noah), the eighth man, the before-goer of rightwiseness, and brought in the great flood [or the deluge] to the world of unfaithful men;

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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