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2 Peter 3:4-6
American Standard Version
2 Peter 3:4-6
American Standard Version
4 and saying, Where is the promise of his [a]coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and [b]amidst water, by the word of God; 6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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2 Peter 3:4-6
New International Version
2 Peter 3:4-6
New International Version
4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(A) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(B) 5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(C) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(D) 6 By these waters also the world of that time(E) was deluged and destroyed.(F)
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