Genesis 1: 1-25
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the
earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the
deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the
waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from
the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and
let it separate the waters from the waters.’ So God made the dome
and separated the waters that were under the dome from the
waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the
dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the
second day.
And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together
into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God
called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered
together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God
said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and
fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’
And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding
seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the
seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening
and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate
the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons
and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the
sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so. God made the two
great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to
rule the night—and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky
to give light upon the earth, to rule over the day and over the night,
and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it
was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the
fourth day.
And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ So God
created the great sea monsters and every living creature that
moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every
winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. God
blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in
the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’ And there was evening
and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every
kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of
every kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth
of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that
creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was
good.
Psalm 33: 1-9
Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous.
Praise befits the upright.
Praise the LORD with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.
Sing to him a new song;
play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the LORD is upright,
and all his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;
he put the deeps in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the LORD;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
Romans 1: 18-23
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness
suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to
them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of
the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they
are, have been understood and seen through the things he has
made. So they are without excuse; for though they knew God, they
did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but they became
futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were
darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools; and they
exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a
mortal human being or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
John 1: 1-14
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things
came into being through him, and without him not one thing came
into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life
was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the
darkness did not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came
as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through
him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the
light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into
the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him;
yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to what was his
own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who
received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become
children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the
flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have
seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and
truth.
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