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They willingly overlook this one thing, you see: the ancient heavens and earth were formed out of water and through water, by God’s word— and it was destroyed by flooding the world of that time with water. The heavens and earth that we now have are being preserved for fire by the same word, being kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of the wicked.

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B) By these waters also the world of that time(C) was deluged and destroyed.(D) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(E) being kept for the day of judgment(F) and destruction of the ungodly.

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