⁵ They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water,^(A)

³ By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.^[a](A)

⁹ And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.^(A)

⁶ And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”^(A)

¹⁰ and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.^{(A) 11} For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,^{(B) 12} so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.^(C)

²⁸ And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.^(A)

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.^{(A) 20} For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.^(B)