2 Peter 3:6

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Ver. 6. Being overflowed with water] Therefore that is not altogether true, that all things continue as they were at first, as the scoffers affirmed, 2 Peter 3:4 .

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereby - Δι ̓ ὧν Di' hōn. Through which, or by means of which. The pronoun here is in the plural number, and there has been much differen...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with (c) water, perished: (5) Secondly he sets against them the universal flood, which was the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Whereby . By (App-104. 2 Peter 3:1 ) which (means). the world, &c . Literally the then world (App-129.) overflowed . Greek. katakluzo . On...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It seems, however, strange that he says that the world perished through the deluge, when he had before mentioned the heaven and the earth. To t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whereby— Δι ων, by which things; that is, by the heavens and earth being of such a constitution.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Whereby ] i.e. by means of the water and of the word: cp. Hebrews 11:7 , 'word' and 'fire.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whereby. — The meaning of this is much disputed. The original literally signifies, by means of which things. But what things? The context allows...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whereby the world that then was ,.... The old world, as it is called in 2 Peter 2:5 ; and as the Ethiopic version here renders it; the world before...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Where is the promise of his coming To raise the dead, judge mankind, and destroy the earth? We see no sign of any such thing. The promise of Christ...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter now shows that the government of God will bring everything to a proper conclusion: every evil principle will be judged unsparingly, and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whereby; by which heavens and water, mentioned in the former verse, the fountains of the great deep being broken up, and the windows of heaven open...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The answer of St. Peter, showing the certainty of the Lord's return:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:5 ; Genesis 7:10-23 ; Genesis 9:15 ; Job 12:15 ; Luke 17:27 ; Matthew 24:38 ; Matthew 24:39
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Through which — Heaven and earth, the windows of heaven being opened, and the fountains of the great deep broken up. The world that then was — The...

⁶ Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

Related Commentaries of 2 Peter 3:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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