2Pe 3:5 | NASB2020 | STEP | For when they maintain this , it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water ,

‏ 2 Peter 3:5

5 For ^{▼▼Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that}when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that ^bby the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was ^cformed out of water and by water,