5For 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:
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Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-7)To quicken and excite us to a serious minding and firm adhering to what God has revealed to us by the prophets and apostles, we are told that there will be scoffers , men who will make a mock of sin , and of salvation from it. God’s way of saving sinners by Jesus Christ is what men will scoff at, and that in the last days , under the gospel. This indeed may seem very strange, that the New-Testamen…
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