2 Peter 3:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ But they willfully ignore this: that the heavens existed first, and that the earth, from water and through water, was established by the Word of God.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For they willfully overlook and forget this [fact], that the heavens [came into] existence long ago by the word of God, and the earth also which was formed out of water and by means of water,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

Common English Bible

⁵ But they fail to notice that, by God’s word, heaven and earth were formed long ago out of water and by means of water.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

English Standard Version 2016

⁵ For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

2 Peter 3:5 Cross References

Genesis 1:6

God also said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters."

Genesis 1:9

Truly God said: "Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear." And so it became.

Psalm 136:6

May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.

Psalm 24:2

In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.

Psalm 33:6

Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.

Proverbs 17:16

What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not prove to have God by knowledge, God handed them over to a morally depraved way of thinking, so that they might do those things which are not fitting:

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.