But from the beginning of creation he ¹  made them male and female. ² 

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

For ¹  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for ²  anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! ³ 

¹ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn ²  over all creation, ³ 

Be subject to every human institution ¹  for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ¹  who subjected it – in hope

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away ¹  – look, what is new ²  has come! ³ 

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people ¹  are without excuse.

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And no creature is hidden from God, ¹  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

But now Christ has come ¹  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

and saying, ¹  “Where is his promised return? ²  For ever since ³  our ancestors ⁴  died, ⁵  all things have continued as they were ⁶  from the beginning of creation.”

For in those days there will be suffering ¹  unlike anything that has happened ²  from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

They ¹  exchanged the truth of God for a lie ²  and worshiped and served the creation ³  rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, ¹  without shifting ²  from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

“To ¹  the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following: ²  “This is the solemn pronouncement of ³  the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator ⁴  of God’s creation: