⁵ For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God;

³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

² For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁶ To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness `endureth' for ever:

¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹¹ And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

¹² that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

⁶ By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

¹⁷ and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

²⁸ And even as they refused to have God in `their' knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?