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For they deliberately suppress this fact,[a] that by the word of God[b] heavens existed long ago and an earth[c] was formed out of water and by means of water.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:5 tn The Greek is difficult at this point. An alternative is “Even though they maintain this, it escapes them that…” Literally the idea seems to be: “For this escapes these [men] who wish [it to be so].”
  2. 2 Peter 3:5 tn The word order in Greek places “the word of God” at the end of the sentence. See discussion in the note on “these things” in v. 6.
  3. 2 Peter 3:5 tn Or “land,” “the earth.”

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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