2 Peter 3

3 Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days  * 3:3 2Tm 3:1; Heb 1:2; Jms 5:3; 1Pt 1:20 scoffing and following their own evil desires, 4 saying, "Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised?  * 3:4 1Th 2:19; 2Pt 3:12 Ever since our ancestors fell asleep,  * 3:4 Ac 7:60 all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation." 5 They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God  * 3:5 Gn 1:3–30; Ps 148:5; Jn 1:1–3; Heb 4:12; 11:3 the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.  * 3:5 Ps 24:1–2; 33:6–7; 136:5–6; Pr 8:24–296 Through these the world of that time perished when it was flooded.  * 3:6 2Pt 2:57 By the same word,  * 3:7 Is 66:15–16; Ezk 38:22; Am 7:4; Zph 1:18; Mal 4:1 the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment  * 3:7 Php 1:6; 2Th 1:5; 1Jn 4:17 and destruction of the ungodly.