2 Peter 3:5
3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
6 through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- For they willfully forget that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water by the word of God,
- ASV
- For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;
- DARBY
- For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
- BLB
- For this is hidden from them willingly, that the heavens were long ago, and the earth, out of water and through water having been composed by the word of God,
- ÅB
- For de som påstår dette, overser villig at det fra gammel tid fantes himler og en jord som ved Guds ord var blitt til ut av vann og gjennom vann,
- OTB
- For når de hevder dette, overser de at ved Guds ord eksisterte himlene for lenge siden, og jorden ble formet ut av vann og ved vann,
- B1930
- For de som påstår dette, er blinde for at det fra gammel tid var himler og en jord som var blitt til ut av vann og gjennem vann ved Guds ord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Read in contextPsalms 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Read in contextGenesis 1:9
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Read in contextGenesis 1:6
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
Read in contextPsalms 136:6
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Read in contextJohn 3:19–20
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
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