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2 Peter 3:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,

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And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

who spread out the earth on the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;

for he has founded it on the seas and established it on the rivers.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Why should fools have a price in hand to buy wisdom when they have no mind to learn?

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.

He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.