2 Peter 3:3-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days(A) to scoff, living according to their own desires, 4 saying, “Where is the promise of His coming?(B) Ever since the fathers fell asleep,(C) all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.” 5 They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water(D) by the word of God.(E) 6 Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.(F) 7 But by the same word,(G) the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment(H) and destruction of ungodly men.
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2 Peter 3:3-7
Lexham English Bible
3 above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since[a] the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation.” 5 For when[b] they maintain this, it escapes their notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God, 6 by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed by[c] being inundated with water. 7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.
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- 2 Peter 3:4 Literally “from which time”
- 2 Peter 3:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“maintain”) which is understood as temporal
- 2 Peter 3:6 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being inundated”) which is understood as means
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