But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
tandis que, par la même parole, les cieux et la terre d'à présent sont gardés et réservés pour le feu, pour le jour du jugement et de la ruine des hommes impies.
KJV
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ion 2: Peter explains himself to which heavens he refers. For before the words quoted, he had said ( 2 Pet. 3:5-7 ): "The heavens . . . first, and the earth . . . through water . . . perished . . . which . . . now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire unto the d…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
all their parts. But this opinion is opposed to the authority of Scripture, because it is written ( 2 Pet. 3:7 ) that those heavens are "kept in store unto fire," which were cleansed by water; and Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xx, 18) that "the same world which perished in the delu…
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