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Second Epistle of Peter (Translated) (view source)
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|For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
|For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
|They are willfully ignorant of this key fact: the heavens originally came to be, and the earth, standing from [[water]] and in water, by the Word of [[God]].
|When they say things like this, this key fact escapes their attention: the heavens existed from eternity past, and the [[earth]] was formed out of [[water]] and in water, by the Word of [[God]].
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|Literally, "standing-together," which has a variety of idiomatic usages in ancient Greek. It could mean "united" or "in unison," or, as here, "formed" or "consisting of."
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|Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
|Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
|And by that same Word, the world that then existed, perished after being overflowed with water.
|And by that same Word, the world that then existed, perished after being overflowed with water.
|This refers to the [[Great Flood]].
|This refers to the [[Great Flood]]. The word is ''kataklysmos'', from ''kata-'' a tearing-down and ''klysmos'' from ''klydon'' rough seas.
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