³ 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.

⁵ 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)

³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(A)

¹⁷ As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”^[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life^(B) to the dead and calls^(C) into being things that were not.^(D)

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)

² but in these last days^(A) he has spoken to us by his Son,^(B) whom he appointed heir^(C) of all things, and through whom^(D) also he made the universe.^(E)

¹¹ “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish^(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”^[a]