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.
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.
26 Then God said: »Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.«
27 God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female.
3 God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. This is because he rested from all the work of creation he had done.
18 Jehovah God said: »It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for 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.
6 The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.
2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and its inhabitants, you are God from everlasting to everlasting.
6 Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before Jehovah our maker.
1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains from where my help comes.2 My help comes from Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.
8 »Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.«
24 This is the day Jehovah has made let us rejoice and be glad in it!
13 For you formed my inward parts. You wove me in my mother's womb.14 I will praise you, for in an awesome way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful 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.
28 »Do you not know? Have you not heard? JEHOVAH IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and no one can measure find out his understanding.
9 »Does a clay pot dare argue with its maker, a pot that is like all the others? Does the clay ask the potter what he is doing? Does the pot complain that its maker has no skill?
17 Ah Lord Jehovah! You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for you.
6 »He builds his chambers in the heavens. He founded his dome over the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name.
36 For from him, and through him, and to him are all things: Glory to him forever! Amen.
20 His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse,
19 For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation revelationdisclosure of the sons of God.
Nova criação
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é. O Criador faz novas todas as coisas — na natureza e na redenção.
17 If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things have passed away. Behold, they have become new.
10 For we are his workmanship created with Christ Jesus for good works. God prepared these works in advance that we should walk in them.
18 Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
4 Every house has a builder. God is the builder of all things.
28 »In him we live, and move, and have our existence. Your own poets have said: For we are also his offspring.
13 I heard every creature in heaven and on earth. I also heard those under the earth, in the sea, and all that are in them. They said: "Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be to him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever."