2 Peter 3:18 — Meaning and Application

2 Peter 3:1

"This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in {both} which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:"

2 Peter 3:2

"That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:"

2 Peter 3:3

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,"

2 Peter 3:4

"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."

2 Peter 3:5

"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: {standing: Gr. consisting}"

2 Peter 3:6

"Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:"