"And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as {they were} fr…" — 2 Peter 3:4

2 Peter 3:4 · KJV

“And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as {they were} from the beginning of the creation.”

— 2 Peter 3:4

Verse 3

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

Verse 5

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: {standing: Gr. consisting}

2 Peter 3 — Context

That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as {they were} from the beginning of the creation.

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: {standing: Gr. consisting}

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:15

Behold, they say unto me, Where {is} the word of the LORD? let it come now.

Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil {is} good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where {is} the God of judgment?

Luke 12:45

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Jeremiah 5:12-13

They have belied the LORD, and said, {It is} not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Isaiah 5:18-19

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Matthew 24:48

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Ezekiel 12:22-27

Son of man, what {is} that proverb {that} ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?