New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Peter 3:4-6
4and saying, “1Where is the promise of His 2coming? For ever since the fathers 3fell asleep, all continues just as it was 4from the beginning of creation.”
5For 5when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that 6by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was 7formed out of water and by water,
6through which 8the world at that time was 9destroyed, being flooded with water.
Notes
- 1. 2 Peter 3:4 Is 5:19; Jer 17:15; Ezek 11:3; 12:22, 27; Mal 2:17; Matt 24:48 ↩
- 2. 2 Peter 3:4 1 Thess 2:19; 2 Pet 3:12 ↩
- 3. 2 Peter 3:4 Acts 7:60 ↩
- 4. 2 Peter 3:4 Mark 10:6 ↩
- 5. 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that ↩
- 6. 2 Peter 3:5 Gen 1:6, 9; Heb 11:3 ↩
- 7. 2 Peter 3:5 Ps 24:2; 136:6 ↩
- 8. 2 Peter 3:6 2 Pet 2:5 ↩
- 9. 2 Peter 3:6 Gen 7:11, 12, 21f ↩
Commentaries on 2 Peter 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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