Peter continues: “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. ”
پِطْرُس در این مورد می‌گوید :‏ « ایشان عمداً از این غافل هستند که به کلام خدا آسمان‌ها از قدیم بود و زمین از آب و به آب قائم گردید .‏