GENESIS 1:1 KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

[trofimus]

Since the Bible makes it clear that God created the universe out of nothing (other than His creative power) there was no need for such an inane question.

Where exactly does the Bible say God created the universe out of nothing? Which verse?

 

[Nehemiah6]

Where exactly does the Bible say God created the universe out of nothing? Which verse?

King James Bible (Heb 11:3)
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.

New American Standard Bible
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

John Gill's Commentary
were not made of things which do appear;
they were not made from pre-existent matter, but out of nothing, out of which the rude and undigested chaos was formed; and from that invisible mass, covered with darkness, were all visible things brought into a beautiful order; and all from secret and hidden ideas in the divine minds; and this also is the faith of the Jews, that the creation of all things is (Nyam) , "out of nothing" F12. There seems to be an allusion to the word , used for creation, which signifies to make appear a thing unseen; and is rendered in the Septuagint version by (deiknumi) , ( Numbers 16:30 ) and (katadeiknumi) , ( Isaiah 40:26 ) ( 41:20 ) to show, or make appear; and thus God created, or made to appear, the heavens and earth, which before were not in being, and unseen, ( Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:2 ) and created to make, as in (Genesis 2:3 ) that is, made them to appear, that he might put them into the form and order they now are.

 

[trofimus]

King James Bible (Heb 11:3)
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.

New American Standard Bible
By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

John Gill's Commentary
were not made of things which do appear;
they were not made from pre-existent matter, but out of nothing, out of which the rude and undigested chaos was formed; and from that invisible mass, covered with darkness, were all visible things brought into a beautiful order; and all from secret and hidden ideas in the divine minds; and this also is the faith of the Jews, that the creation of all things is (Nyam) , "out of nothing" F12. There seems to be an allusion to the word , used for creation, which signifies to make appear a thing unseen; and is rendered in the Septuagint version by (deiknumi) , ( Numbers 16:30 ) and (katadeiknumi) , ( Isaiah 40:26 ) ( 41:20 ) to show, or make appear; and thus God created, or made to appear, the heavens and earth, which before were not in being, and unseen, ( Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:2 ) and created to make, as in (Genesis 2:3 ) that is, made them to appear, that he might put them into the form and order they now are.

Invisible does not mean nothing.

Spirits are invisible, atoms are invisible and still they are not "nothing".

 

[Zmouth]

In the beginning.... wouldn't that be indicative of being seperated from the eternal?

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:26





Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see:
1 Tim 6:16


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