2 Peter 3:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They will say this because they want to forget that long ago the heavens and the earth were made at God's command. The earth came out of water and was made from water.

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

God said, “I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it.”

Genesis 1:9

God said, “I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground.” And that's what happened.

Psalm 136:6

The Lord stretched the earth over the ocean. God's love never fails.

Psalm 24:2

The LORD placed it all on the oceans and rivers.

Psalm 33:6

The LORD made the heavens and everything in them by his word.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should fools have money for an education when they refuse to learn?

Romans 1:28

Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

Colossians 1:17

God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together.

Hebrews 11:3

Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God's command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.