2 Peter 3:3-7

The Day of the Lord Will Come

³ knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come _j in the last days with scoffing, _k following their own sinful desires. ⁴ _l They will say, "Where is the promise of _m his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation." ⁵ For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth _n was formed out of water and through water _o by the word of God, ⁶ and that by means of these the world that then existed _p was deluged with water and _q perished. ⁷ But by the same word _r the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and _s destruction of the ungodly.

1. Cross References
   Jude 1:18
   They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:10
   And especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 5:19
   Who say: "Let him be quick, let him speed his w...
   Jeremiah 17:15
   Behold, they say to me, "Where is the word of t...
   Ezekiel 11:3
   Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses....
   Ezekiel 12:22
   Son of man, what is this proverb that you have ...
   Ezekiel 12:27
   "Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israe...
   Malachi 2:17
   You have wearied the Lord with your words. But ...
   
4. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:19
   For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 24:2
   For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
   Psalms 136:6
   To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 1:6
   And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.
   Genesis 1:9
   And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
   Psalms 33:6
   By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
   Hebrews 11:3
   By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:5
   If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
   
8. Cross References
   Genesis 7:11
   In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
   Genesis 7:21
   And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
   
9. Cross References
   2 Peter 3:10
   But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
   2 Peter 3:12
   Waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
   
10. Cross References
    2 Thessalonians 1:9
    They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.