2 Peter 3:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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,

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above].

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place [of standing], and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

Psalm 136:6

To Him Who stretched out the earth upon the waters, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth. [Heb. 11:3; II Pet. 3:5.]

Proverbs 17:16

Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom–when he has no understanding or heart for it?

Romans 1:28

And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome,

Colossians 1:17

And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.]

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.