3 And God said, ^c“Let there be light,” and there was light.

The Word Became Flesh

1 ^aIn the beginning ^bwas ^cthe Word, and the Word was ^dwith God, and ^ethe Word was God. 2 ^fHe was in the beginning with God. 3 ^gAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

3 By faith we understand that ^qthe universe was created ^rby the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, ^bthat the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water ^cby the word of God,