2 Peter 3:6 KJV — MannaFest

2 Peter 3:6

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

KJV

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ASV

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

WEB

through which the world of that time perished in the flood.

YLT

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

DBT

through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished.

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2 Peter — Peter's farewell letter — a warning against false teachers, a defence of Christ's return, and the Lord's patience unwilling that any should perish.

Author: Peter (1:1) — the book identifies itself as his farewell (1:13–15)
Date: Mid-60s AD, shortly before Peter's martyrdom under Nero

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2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:38–39
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 6:13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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He breaks up the fountain of the great deep, and throws open the windows (that is, the clouds) of heaven ( Gen. vii. 11 ), till the whole earth is overflowed with water, and not a spot can be found upon the highest mountains but what is fifteen cubits under water, Gen. vii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Is not here a change and a most awful change! And then it is to be observed that all this was done by the word of God; it was by his powerful word that the world was made at first, and made in so commodious and beautiful a frame and order, Heb. xi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Through which - Heaven and earth, the windows of heaven being opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up. The world that then was - The whole antediluvian race.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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