2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:A1
A | 1:1. “THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS” (2 Pet. 3:6). ITS CREATION IN ETERNITY PAST
B | 1:2–. ITS END. RUIN.
A | 1:2–31. “THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WHICH ARE NOW” (2 Pet. 3:7). THEIR CREATION IN TIME PRESENT. (THE SIX DAYS.)
B | 2:1–3. THEIR END. BLESSING.
Ethelbert W. Bullinger, The Companion Bible: Being the Authorized Version of 1611 with the Structures and Notes, Critical, Explanatory and Suggestive and with 198 Appendixes, vol. 1 (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018),
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: GENESIS 1:1
2 Peter 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: GENESIS 1:2
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. GENESIS 1:2-31