2 Peter 3:5

New Living Translation

They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.

Cross References

Genesis 1:6

Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”

Genesis 1:9

Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.

Psalm 136:6

Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters. His faithful love endures forever.

Psalm 24:2

For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

Psalm 33:6

The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

Proverbs 17:16

It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning.

Romans 1:28

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.

Colossians 1:17

He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.