1  In the beginning ^bGod created the heaven and the earth.

  2  And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth, and all things; who shall come down among the children of men.

  24  That by ^ahim, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God.

  20  And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou ^bbelievest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

  9  Behold, I am ^aJesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who created the heavens and the earth, a light which cannot be hid in darkness;