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2 Peter 3:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished. "

2 Peter 3:6

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4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”

5 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,

6 by which means the world that existed then, being overflowed with water, perished.

7 But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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2 Peter 3:1

"This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you"

2 Peter 3:2

"that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,"

2 Peter 3:3

"knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts"

2 Peter 3:4

"and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”"

2 Peter 3:5

"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,"

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"But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men."

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