2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens, &c.— Not only the ancient Jews, but the Stoics, and other philosophers among the Heathens, held that the world was to be destroyed by fire. It was also intimated by some, both of the Greek and Latin poets. By the same word, means, "The same wise will and appointment of God, revealed in his word, which originally constituted the heavens and the earth, 2 Peter 3:5." Some would read the next clause, Are treasured up for fire, reserved against the day of judgment. There seems to be a particular reference in these words to the promise which God made to Noah; namely, that he would destroy the earth no more by a flood, Genesis 9:11.