2 Peter 3:5

3:5 For they deliberately suppress this fact, ¹  that by the word of God ²  heavens existed long ago and an earth ³  was formed out of water and by means of water.

2 Peter 3:17

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ⁴  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ⁵  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ⁶ 

¹ tn The Greek is difficult at this point. An alternative is “Even though they maintain this, it escapes them that…” Literally the idea seems to be: “For this escapes these [men] who wish [it to be so].”

² tn The word order in Greek places “the word of God” at the end of the sentence. See discussion in the note on “these things” in v. 6.

³ tn Or “land,” “the earth.”

⁴ tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”

⁵ tn Or “lawless ones.”

⁶ tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”