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2Pe 3:6. Δἰ ὧν, by means of which) by means of the heavens and the earth; whence the water flowed together.-ὁ τότε κόσμος, the world which then was) that is, the human race: for ἀπώλεια, destruction, is not here attributed to the heaven and the earth, as Burnet understands it. Comp. the end of 2Pe 3:7 and 2Pe 3:10-13. The deluge was universal.-ἀπώλετο, perished) There follows an emphatic increase of the sense by the figure Epitasis[18] of judgment and perdition, 2Pe 3:7. With this corresponds the saying, they shall perish, they shall be judged, Rom 2:12. Before the deluge God said: My Spirit shall not always pass sentence (judgment) upon man, Gen 6:3. Judgment is reserved for the last day.
[18] See Append. on this figure.-E.