Hebrews 11:3 - Revised Standard Version CI

³ By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

Common English Bible

³ By faith we understand that the universe has been created by a word from God so that the visible came into existence from the invisible.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ By faith, we understand the world to be fashioned by the Word of God, so that the visible might be made by the invisible.

Hebrews 11:3 Cross References

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:9

For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

Jeremiah 10:16

Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

John 1:3

all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,

Romans 4:17

as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification.

1 Timothy 4:5

for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

Hebrews 1:2

but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Hebrews 6:5

and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come,

2 Peter 3:5

They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water,

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created.”