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Creation Groans
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For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. — read the full passage →
For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. — read the full passage →
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other.
You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. — read the full passage →
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them. — read the full passage →
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →
“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. — read the full passage →
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth”; and it was so.
God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. — read the full passage →
Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →
Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth.
By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →
I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people. — read the full passage →
But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already. — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. — read the full passage →
Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation. — read the full passage →
When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, — read the full passage →
Yahweh God made coats of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
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