2 Peter 3:5

For this escapes them willingly, that there were heavens of old, and an earth set together out of water, and through water, by the word of God:

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.

John 3:19-20

And this is the judgment, that the Light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their works were evil.

Romans 1:28

And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;

Colossians 1:17

and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

and in all deceit of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

By the word

Standing

General references

Bible References

They willingly

John 3:19
And this is the judgment, that the Light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their works were evil.
Romans 1:28
And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and in all deceit of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

By the word

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.

Standing

Colossians 1:17
and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.

General references

Matthew 24:39
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of Man.