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2 Peter 3:3-5
New Catholic Bible
2 Peter 3:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will appear who have led lives of indulgence. 4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ that was promised? Ever since our ancestors[a] died, everything has remained just as it was from the beginning of creation.”
5 [b]These people deliberately ignore the fact that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago, and that the earth stands out of water and in water.
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- 2 Peter 3:4 Our ancestors: the faithful of the first Christian generation.
- 2 Peter 3:5 God created the world by his word, and that word will be just as active in the final conflagration.
