2 Peter 3:3-5

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)