3Through 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.
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By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for . Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation that God will perform all that he has promised to us in Christ; and this persuasion is so strong that it gives the soul a kin…
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