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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis opens by presenting God as the active Creator before anything in the ordered world is described.
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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis opens by presenting God as the active Creator before anything in the ordered world is described.
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A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
The verse confesses personal trust: the LORD is pictured as shepherd, so the speaker is not abandoned or lacking under his care.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 explains God's saving love in terms of giving the Son so that believing people receive life rather than perish.
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