3 Of this, first, taking notethat there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,

4 and sayingWhere is the promise of his presence? For, since the fathers fell asleep, all things, thus remain, from the beginning of creation.

5 For this they, willfully, forgetthat there were, heavens, from of old, and, an earth, on account of water and by means of water, compacted, by Gods word,

6 By which means, the world that then was, with water being flooded, perished;

7 While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.