The Creation of the World

1 In the ^(A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was ^(B)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

^31 (A)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

The Seventh Day, God Rests

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and ^(A)all the host of them.

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. ¹² And God ^(A)saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, ^(B)for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

^4 (A)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^(B)death shall be no more, ^(C)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

⁵ And ^(D)he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^(E)am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^(F)these words are trustworthy and true.”