Genesis 1:3

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God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

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  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
  • John 1:5 : 5 And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the LORD will be your permanent source of light– the splendor of your God will shine upon you.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he gave the command and they came into existence.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.
  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • John 3:19 : 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,
  • Job 38:19 : 19 “In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,
  • Job 36:30 : 30 See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
  • Ps 118:27 : 27 The LORD is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

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  • Gen 1:4-28
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    4God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

    6God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

    8God called the expanse“sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

    9God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

    10God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.

    11God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.

    12The land produced vegetation– plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

    13There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

    14God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

    16God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

    18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

    19There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

    21God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

    23There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24God said,“Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.

    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

  • Gen 1:1-2
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    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

  • John 1:1-6
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    1¶ The Prologue to the Gospel In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

    2The Word was with God in the beginning.

    3All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

    4In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

    5And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

    6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

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    23“I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

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    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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    10He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

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    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

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    31God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

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    5For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

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    1The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

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    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

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    10And,“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

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