Gap Theory

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God, — read the full passage →

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin; — read the full passage →

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit,

for since through man <FI>is<Fi> the death, also through man <FI>is<Fi> a rising again of the dead,

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens; — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

so also it hath been written, `The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam <FI>is<Fi> for a life-giving spirit, — read the full passage →

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

for this is unobserved by them willingly, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of water and through water standing together by the word of God, — read the full passage →

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago--whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known--such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

but the death did reign from Adam till Moses, even upon those not having sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who is coming.

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;'

and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell;

through which the then world, by water having been deluged, was destroyed;

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding <FI>you<Fi> , — read the full passage →

for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, — read the full passage →

and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.

because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

for since through man <FI>is<Fi> the death, also through man <FI>is<Fi> a rising again of the dead, — read the full passage →

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;