2 Peter 3:5-7 But this willfully escapes them, that, by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth subsisting from the water, and by water:

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ But this willfully escapes them, that, by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth subsisting from the water, and by water: ⁶ by which the world that then was, being deluged with water, perished. ⁷ But the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured up, being kept for fire to a day of judgment, and destruction of ungodly men.