2 Peter 3:5

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

Young's Literal Translation

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 saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

6through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

Psalms 24:2For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

Psalms 136:6To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age [is] His kindness.

John 3:19'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

Colossians 1:17and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

Hebrews 11:3by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

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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