Like Jesus, the apostle does so by referring to what happened in Noah’s day, saying: “According to their wish, this fact escapes their notice, that there were heavens from of old and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; and by those means the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.
पर वर्तमान काल के आकाश और पृथ्वी उसी वचन के द्वारा इसलिए रखे हें, कि जलाए जाएँ; और वह भक्‍तिहीन मनुष्यों के न्याय और नाश होने के दिन तक ऐसे ही रखे रहेंगे । ” — २ पतरस ३: ५ - ७.