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The Account of Creation

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .

Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word

In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
    and nothing was created except through him.

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E)

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By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(A) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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18 For the Lord is God,
    and he created the heavens and earth
    and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
    not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the Lord,” he says,
    “and there is no other.

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18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(A)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(B)
    but formed it to be inhabited(C)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(D)

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11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God,
    to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created all things,
    and they exist because you created what you pleased.”

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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,(A)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”(B)

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10 He also says to the Son,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth
    and made the heavens with your hands.

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10 He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.(A)

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God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
    He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
    life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,

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This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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16 for through him God created everything
    in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
    and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
    Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
    and he holds all creation together.

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16 For in him all things were created:(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;(B) all things have been created through him and for him.(C) 17 He is before all things,(D) and in him all things hold together.

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11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,(A) the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested(B) on the seventh day.(C) Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
    Tell me, if you know so much.

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“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.(B)

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24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples,

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24 “The God who made the world and everything in it(A) is the Lord of heaven and earth(B) and does not live in temples built by human hands.(C)

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They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.

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But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B)

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“You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.

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You alone are the Lord.(A) You made the heavens,(B) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,(C) the earth(D) and all that is on it, the seas(E) and all that is in them.(F) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven(G) worship you.

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