2 Peter 3:3-7
Legacy Standard Bible
3 (A)knowing this first of all, that (B)in the last days (C)mockers will come with their mocking, (D)following after their own lusts, 4 and saying, “(E)Where is the promise of His (F)coming? For since the fathers (G)fell asleep, all continues just as it was (H)from the beginning of creation.” 5 For [a]when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that (I)by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was (J)formed out of water and by water, 6 through which (K)the world at that time was (L)destroyed, being deluged with water. 7 But by His word (M)the present heavens and earth are being reserved for (N)fire, being kept for (O)the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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- 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that
2 Peter 3:3-7
Common English Bible
3 Most important, know this: in the last days scoffers will come, jeering, living by their own cravings, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? After all, nothing has changed—not since the beginning of creation, nor even since the ancestors died.”
5 But they fail to notice that, by God’s word, heaven and earth were formed long ago out of water and by means of water. 6 And it was through these that the world of that time was flooded and destroyed. 7 But by the same word, heaven and earth are now held in reserve for fire, kept for the Judgment Day and destruction of ungodly people.
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