⁵ For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

³ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do 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 heaven 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 stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹⁰ And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

¹¹ And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

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

⁶ By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

²⁸ And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?