Criação
A criação revela a glória de Deus. Céus, terra, mares e tudo o que existe testemunham o poder criador. No princípio Deus criou — e tudo era muito bom.
No princípio
No princípio criou Deus os céus e a terra. O Espírito de Deus pairava sobre as águas. E Deus disse: haja luz.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ,
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth."
So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.
God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him."
O poder criador
Pela palavra do Senhor foram feitos os céus. Tudo foi criado por Ele e para Ele — o visível e o invisível.
The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, you are God.
Come, let’s worship and bow down;
let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.
I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
This is the day the Lord has made;
let’s rejoice and be glad in it.
For it was you who created my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will praise you
because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. ,
Your works are wondrous,
and I know this very well.
Criador e Sustentador
O Deus eterno não se cansa nem se fatiga. Dele, por Ele e para Ele são todas as coisas — a Ele seja a glória.
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never becomes faint or weary;
there is no limit to his understanding.
"Woe to the one who argues with his Maker —
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making? ’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
Oh, Lord God! You yourself made the heavens and earth by your great power and with your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!
He builds his upper chambers
in the heavens
and lays the foundation of his vault
on the earth.
He summons the water of the sea
and pours it out over the surface of the earth.
The Lord is his name.
For from him and through him
and to him are all things.
To him be the glory forever. Amen.
For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed.
Nova criação
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é. O Criador faz novas todas as coisas — na natureza e na redenção.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Now every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God.
For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say,
Blessing and honor and glory and power
be to the one seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb, forever and ever!