By faith we understand that the [a](A)world has been created (B)by the word of God so that what is seen (C)has not been made out of things that are visible.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 11:3 Or worlds were; lit ages

By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,(A) so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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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.

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For [a]when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that (A)by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was (B)formed out of water and by water, through which (C)the world at that time was (D)destroyed by being flooded with water. But by His word (E)the present heavens and earth are being reserved for (F)fire, kept for (G)the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:5 Or they are willfully ignorant of this fact, that

For they willingly forget [the fact] that the heavens existed long ago by the word of God, and the earth was formed [a]out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed by being flooded with water.(A) But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.

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  1. 2 Peter 3:5 Peter is not referring to the creation of earth from water, but to the appearance of land masses from the water that had covered the earth in the early stages of creation. His point is that the mockers who will claim that things continue to be just as they always have been will be overlooking the fact that the status quo, as they see it, took an act of God to create in the first place, and God has already intervened in the history of the world once to wipe out mankind by a cataclysmic flood (v 6; cf Gen 6; 7).

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(A) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(B) By these waters also the world of that time(C) was deluged and destroyed.(D) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(E) being kept for the day of judgment(F) and destruction of the ungodly.

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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:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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By the (A)word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And (B)by the breath of His mouth (C)all their [a]lights.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:6 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.


By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.(A)

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By the word(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,(B)
    their starry host(C) by the breath of his mouth.

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

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