³knowing this first, that there shall come ^ein the last days scoffers, ^fwalking after their own lusts, ⁴and saying, ^gWhere is the promise of ^hhis coming? for since the fathers ⁱfell asleep, all things continue as they were ^jfrom the beginning of the creation. ⁵For this they willingly are ignorant of, that ^kby the word of God the heavens were ^lof old, and the earth ^mstanding out of the water and in the water: ⁶whereby the world that then was, ⁿbeing overflowed with water, perished:

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e Jude 18 (Gk.). So ch. 2. 1. 2 Tim. 3. 1–3. & 4. 3. See 1 Tim. 4. 1.
fSee ch. 2. 10.
g Isai. 5. 19. Jer. 17. 15. Ezek. 12. 22, 27. Amos 5. 18. Matt. 24. 48. Luke 12. 45.
h ver. 12. See 1 Thess. 2. 19.
iSee Matt. 27. 52.
j Mark 10. 6. & 13. 19.
k Gen. 1. 6, 9. Ps. 33. 6. So Heb. 11. 3. Comp. John 1. 3.
l ch. 2. 3.
mSo Ps. 24. 2. & 136. 6.
n Gen. 7. 11, 21. See ch. 2. 5.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires, saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.” They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water. Through these the world of that time perished when it was flooded.

NLTNew Living Translation

Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that the heavens existed long ago and the earth held together out of water and through water by the word of God, by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed by being inundated with water.

KJV 1900King James Version

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 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 water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

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