2 Peter 3:5

A Conservative Version

For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,

Cross References

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

Psalm 24:2

For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Genesis 1:6

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

Psalm 136:6

to him who spread forth the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Psalm 33:6

By the word of LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?