⁵ But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

³ By faith it is clear to us that the order of events was fixed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made from things which only seem to be.

² For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

⁶ And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

⁶ To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

¹⁰ And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

¹¹ And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

¹² So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

⁶ By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

²⁸ And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

¹⁹ And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

²⁰ The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

¹⁶ How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?