2 Peter 3:6

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

Whereby {G1223}{G3739} the world {G2889} that then was {G5119}, being overflowed {G2626} with water {G5204}, perished {G622}:

and that by means of these things the world of that time was flooded with water and destroyed.

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 24:38 (6 votes)

    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,

  • Matthew 24:39 (6 votes)

    And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • 2 Peter 2:5 (6 votes)

    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;

  • Luke 17:27 (3 votes)

    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

  • Genesis 7:10 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

  • Genesis 7:23 (3 votes)

    And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.

  • Genesis 9:15 (2 votes)

    And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.