But the heavens and the earth which are now. As they now exist. There is no difficulty here respecting what is meant by the word earth…

By the same word.—Or, as some first-rate authorities read, by His word. The sense in either case is that the universe is …

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 wa…

Peter’s reference to a future conflagration to destroy the present cosmos is highly unusual. The OT speaks of fire in the day of the Lord ([Referen…

But the heavens and the earth which are now. He does not infer this as the consequence; for his purpose was no other than to dispel the cr…

But the heavens and the earth which are now
In being, in distinction from, and opposition to the heavens that were o…

If these scoffers had considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have …