Hebrews 11:3
Good News Translation
It is by faith that we understand that the universe was created by God's word, so that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

New Revised Standard Version
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.

Contemporary English Version
Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God's command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

New American Bible
By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made.

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Hebrews 1:2 In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

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Genesis 2:1 So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

Psalm 33:6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.

Jeremiah 10:11,16 Thus then shall you say to them: The gods that have not made heaven and earth, let them perish from the earth, and from among those places that are under heaven. . . .

John 1:3 All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.

Acts 14:15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:

Acts 17:24 God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

Romans 1:19-21 Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it unto them. . . .

Romans 4:17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

2 Peter 3:5 For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and power. Because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were and have been created.

Context
Faith and Assurance
2For by this the ancients obtained a testimony. 3By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God: that from invisible things visible things might be made. 4By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving testimony to his gifts. And by it he being dead yet speaketh.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Psalm 33:6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Psalm 33:9
For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

John 1:3
All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.

Romans 4:17
(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, a wisdom which is hidden, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory:

1 Timothy 4:5
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Hebrews 1:2
In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.

Hebrews 6:5
Have moreover tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come,

2 Peter 3:5
For this they are wilfully ignorant of: That the heavens were before, and the earth out of water and through water, consisting by the word of God:

Hebrews 11:2
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