JuliaSmith(i)
3 Knowing this first, that in the last of the days shall mockers come for deceiving, going according to their own eager desires,
4 And saying, Where is the solemn promise of his presence? for from the time the fathers were set to sleep, so continue all things from the beginning of creation.
5 For being willing this is unknown to them, that the heavens were a long while ago, and the earth having stood out of water and by water, by the word of God:
6 By which then the world, overflowed with water, perished: