Genesis 1:1

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Summary

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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God

General references

John 1:3

Bible References

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for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

And: "You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

It is what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, what our own hands have touched, about the very message of life --

God

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

When they heard this, with one united prayer to God they said: "O Lord, you are the Maker of heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, and the One

and shouted, "Men, why are you doing this? We are merely men with natures like your own, who are telling you the good news, so that you may turn from these foolish things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.

The God who made the world and all that it contains, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made by human hands,

because what can be known of God is clear to their inner moral sense; for in this way God Himself has shown it to them.

For from Him everything comes, through Him everything lives, and for Him everything exists. Glory to Him forever! Amen.

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, who is the source of all things and the goal of our living, and but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made and through whom we live.

and to make clear how is to be carried out the trusteeship of this secret which has for ages been hidden away in God, the Creator of all things,

for it was through Him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.

but in these latter days He has spoken to us through a Son, whom He had appointed lawful owner of everything, and through whom He had made the worlds.

For every house is built by somebody, but the builder and furnisher of the universe is God.

By faith we understand that the worlds were created, beautifully coordinated, and now exist, at God's command; so the things that we see did not develop out of mere matter.

For they willfully ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth that had been formed by God's command out of water and through water,

"To the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks as follows:

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to have ascribed to you the glory, honor, and power; for you created everything, And since you willed it so, they came into existence and were created."

and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and all that they contain, the earth and all that it contains, and the sea and all that it contains, that there should be no more delay,

He cried in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship Him who made heaven and earth and sea and the springs of water."

He further said to me: "They have come true. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I myself, without cost, will give to anyone who is thirsty water from the springs of living water.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

General references

It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.