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. |
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. |
By faith we understand that the worlds (ages) were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. |
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. |
By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. |
By means of faith we perceive that the material universe and the God-appointed ages of time were equipped and filled by God’s word for the purpose for which they were intended, and it follows therefore that that which we see did not come into being out of that which is visible. |
And it is only by faith that our minds accept as fact that the whole universe was formed by God’s command – that the world which we can see has come into being through what is invisible. |
By faith we understand that the worlds were created, beautifully co-ordinated and now exist, at God’s command; so the things that we see did not develop out of mere matter. |
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