2 Peter 3:5

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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:

Is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom? He has no sense!

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.

He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

Then God said: Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters. Let it separate the waters from the waters.

For He has ordained it upon the seas and decreed it upon the rivers.

The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting.

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the Word of God. The visible has been made out of things that were not visible.

He is before all things, and through him all things originate.

Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so.

You covered it with the deep like a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.

To him who spread out the earth above the waters. His loving kindness is everlasting.

They were not aware until the Flood came and took them all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like this.