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.

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.

‘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 idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!

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.”

because those will be days of distress unequalled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now – and never to be equalled again.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.

For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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

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.”

‘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.

“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.

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.

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.