(NIV)
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
So
God blessed the
seventh day and made it
holy,
because on it God
rested from
all his
work that he had
done in
creation.
(NIV)
Let all creation rejoice before the
Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
before the
Lord,
for he
comes,
for he
comes to judge the
earth.
He will
judge the
world in
righteousness,
and the
peoples in
his faithfulness.
(NIV)
‘Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
“
What profit is an
idolwhen its
maker has
shaped it,
a
metal image, a
teacher of
lies?
For its
maker trusts in his own
creationwhen he
makes speechless idols!
(NIV)
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:
‘I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.’
This was to
fulfill what was
spoken by the
prophet:
“I will
open my mouth in parables;
I will
utter what has been
hidden since the
foundation of the
world.”
(NIV)
‘Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
(ESV)
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
(NIV)
‘But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female.”
(ESV)
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
(NIV)
because those will be days of distress unequalled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now – and never to be equalled again.
(ESV)
For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
And he
said to
them,
“Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
(NIV)
‘Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
(ESV)
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
(NIV)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
For his invisible attributes, namely,
his eternal power and divine nature,
have been
clearly perceived, ever
since the
creation of the
world, in the things that have been
made.
So they are without excuse.
(NIV)
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
For the
creation waits with
eager longing for the
revealing of the
sons of
God.
(NIV)
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
For the
creation was
subjected to
futility,
not willingly,
but because of him who
subjected it,
in hope
(NIV)
that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
that the
creation itself will be
set free from its
bondage to
corruption and obtain the
freedom of the
glory of the
children of
God.
(NIV)
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
For we
know that the
whole creation has been
groaning together in the
pains of childbirth
until now.
(NIV)
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
And not only the creation,
but we ourselves,
who have the
firstfruits of the
Spirit,
groan inwardly as we
wait eagerly for
adoption as sons, the
redemption of
our bodies.
(NIV)
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
nor height nor depth,
nor anything else in all
creation, will be
able to
separate us from the
love of
God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(NIV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here!
Therefore,
if anyone is
in Christ, he is a
new creation. The
old has
passed away;
behold, the
new has
come.
(NIV)
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
For neither circumcision counts for
anything,
nor uncircumcision,
but a
new creation.
(NIV)
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
even
as he
chose us in him before the
foundation of the
world, that
we should
be holy and blameless before him.
In love
(NIV)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
He is the
image of the
invisible God,
the
firstborn of
all creation.
(NIV)
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
if indeed you
continue in the
faith,
stable and steadfast,
not shifting from the
hope of the
gospel that you
heard,
which has been
proclaimed in all creation under heaven,
and of
which I,
Paul,
became a
minister.
(NIV)
Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
‘So I declared on oath in my anger,
“They shall never enter my rest.”’
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
For we
who have
believed enter that rest,
as he has
said,
“
As I
swore in my wrath,
‘They shall
not enter my rest,’”
although his
works were
finished from the
foundation of the
world.
(NIV)
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
And no creature is hidden from
his sight,
but all are
naked and exposed to the
eyes of
him to whom we must give
account.
(NIV)
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
But when
Christ appeared as a high
priest of the
good things that have
come, then
through the
greater and more
perfect tent (
not made with
hands, that
is,
not of
this creation)
(NIV)
Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
for
then he would have
had to
suffer repeatedly since the
foundation of the
world.
But as it
is,
he has
appeared once for all
at the
end of the
ages to put away sin by the
sacrifice of
himself.
(NIV)
He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
He was
foreknown before the
foundation of the
world but was
made manifest in the
last times for the sake of
you
(NIV)
They will say, ‘Where is this ‘‘coming’’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.’
They will
say, “
Where is the
promise of
his coming?
For ever since the
fathers fell
asleep,
all things are
continuing as they were
from the
beginning of
creation.”
(NIV)
‘To the angel of the church in Laodicea write :
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.
(ESV)
“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
(NIV)
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.
and all who
dwell on earth will
worship it, everyone
whose name has
not been
written before the
foundation of the
world in the
book of
life of the
Lamb who was
slain.
(NIV)
The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.
The
beast that you
saw was,
and is not,
and is
about to
rise from the
bottomless pit and go to destruction.
And the
dwellers on earth whose names have
not been
written in the
book of
life from the
foundation of the
world will
marvel to
see the
beast, because
it was and is not and is to
come.
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