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 3:8

3:8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, ⁴  that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.

[3:5]  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].”

[3:5]  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.

[3:5]  ³ tn Or “land,” “the earth.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn The same verb, λανθάνω (lanqanw, “escape”) used in v. 5 is found here (there, translated “suppress”).