The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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By faith we understand that the universe was created by (A)the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of (B)things that are visible.

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18 (A)For thus says the Lord,
who created the heavens
    (he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
    (he established it;
he (B)did not create it empty,
    (C)he formed it to be inhabited!):
“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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11 (A)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for (B)you created all things,
    and (C)by your will they existed and were created.”

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10 And,

(A)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;

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Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:

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“Where were you when I (A)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.

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

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16 For by[a] him all things were created, (A)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether (B)thrones or (C)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created (D)through him and for him. 17 And (E)he is before all things, and in him all things (F)hold together.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in

24 (A)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (B)Lord of heaven and earth, (C)does not live in temples made by man,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:24 Greek made by hands

For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth (A)was formed out of water and through water (B)by the word of God,

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[a] (A)“You are the Lord, you alone. (B)You have made heaven, (C)the heaven of heavens, (D)with all their host, (E)the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; (F)and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:6 Septuagint adds And Ezra said

24 Thus says the Lord, (A)your Redeemer,
    (B)who formed you from the womb:
(C)“I am the Lord, who made all things,
    (D)who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who spread out the earth by myself,

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17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (A)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (B)your outstretched arm! (C)Nothing is too hard for you.

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For (A)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

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15 (A)“It is he who made the earth by his power,
    who established the world by his wisdom,
and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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And he said with a loud voice, (A)“Fear God and (B)give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and (C)worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the (D)springs of water.”

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19 (A)The Lord by wisdom founded the earth;
    by understanding (B)he established the heavens;

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12 (A)It is he who (B)made the earth by his power,
    (C)who established the world by his wisdom,
    and (D)by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

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15 “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? We also are men, (B)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that (C)you should turn from these (D)vain things to (E)a living God, (F)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

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to him who (A)by understanding (B)made the heavens,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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22 (A)“The Lord (B)possessed[a] me at the beginning of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts (C)of old.
23 Ages ago I was (D)set up,
    at the first, (E)before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no (F)depths I was (G)brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains (H)had been shaped,
    (I)before the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
27 When he (J)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew (K)a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he (L)made firm the skies above,
    when he established[c] the fountains of the deep,
29 when he (M)assigned to the sea its (N)limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out (O)the foundations of the earth,
30     then (P)I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his[d] (Q)delight,
    rejoicing before him always,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Hebrew way
  3. Proverbs 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  4. Proverbs 8:30 Or daily filled with

but (A)in these last days (B)he has spoken to us by (C)his Son, whom he appointed (D)the heir of all things, (E)through whom also he created (F)the world.

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