The Creation

1 ^(A)In the beginning ^(B)God ^(C)created the heavens and the earth. ² And the earth was a ^(D)[a]formless and desolate emptiness, and ^(E)darkness was over the ^[b]surface of the deep, and ^(F)the Spirit of God ^(G)was hovering over the ^[c]surface of the waters.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(A)testified and kept on urging them, saying, “^[a]Be saved from this ^(B)perverse generation!”