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What does the Bible say about creation?
Genesis opens with God speaking the world into being and calling it good, with humanity made in His image.
What Scripture says
Genesis 1:1
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:27
“God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.”
Psalm 19:1
“The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.”
Colossians 1:16
“For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.”
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