2 Peter 3:5

For they deliberately suppress this fact, ¹  that by the word of God ²  heavens existed long ago and an earth ³  was formed out of water and by means of water.

Ge 1:6,9; Ps 24:2; Ps 33:6; Ps 136:6; Pr 17:16; Joh 3:19,20; Ro 1:28; Col 1:17; 2Th 2:10-12; Heb 11:3

¹ tn The Greek is difficult at this point. An alternative is “Even though they maintain this, it escapes them that…” Literally the idea seems to be: “For this escapes these [men] who wish [it to be so].”

² tn The word order in Greek places “the word of God” at the end of the sentence. See discussion in the note on “these things” in v. 6.

³ tn Or “land,” “the earth.”