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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:15

Verse 15 15.Let them be for lights It is well again to repeat what I have said before, that it is not here philosophically discussed, how great the sun is in the heaven, and how great, or how little, is the moon; but how much light comes to us from them. (71) For Moses here addresses himself to our senses, that the knowledge of the gifts of God which we enjoy may not glide away. Therefore, in order to apprehend the meaning of Moses, it is to no purpose to soar above the heavens; let us only... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:16

Verse 16 16.The greater light I have said, that Moses does not here subtilely descant, as a philosopher, on the secrets of nature, as may be seen in these words. First, he assigns a place in the expanse of heaven to the planets and stars; but astronomers make a distinction of spheres, and, at the same time, teach that the fixed stars have their proper place in the firmament. Moses makes two great luminaries; but astronomers prove, by conclusive reasons that the star of Saturn, which on account... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

Verse 20 20.Let the waters bring forth... the moving creature (74) On the fifth day the birds and fishes are created. The blessing of God is added, that they may of themselves produce offspring. Here is a different kind of propagation from that in herbs and trees: for there the power of fructifying is in the plants, and that of germinating is in the seed; but here generation takes place. It seems, however, but little consonant with reason, that he declares birds to have proceeded from the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

Verse 21 21.And God created A question here arises out of the word created. For we have before contended, that because the world was created, it was made out of nothing; but now Moses says that things formed from other matter were created. They who truly and properly assert that the fishes were created because the waters were in no way sufficient or suitable for their production, only resort to a subterfuge: for, in the meantime, the fact would remain that the material of which they were made... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

Verse 22 22.And God blessed them What is the force of this benediction he soon declares. For God does not, after the manner of men, pray that we may be blessed; but, by the bare intimation of his purpose, effects what men seek by earnest entreaty. He therefore blesses his creatures when he commands them to increase and grow; that is, he infuses into them fecundity by his word. But it seems futile for God to address fishes and reptiles. I answer, this mode of speaking was no other than that... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

Verse 24 24.Let the earth bring forth He descends to the sixth day, on which the animals were created, and then man. ‘Let the earth,’ he says, ‘bring forth living creatures.’ But whence has a dead element life? Therefore, there is in this respect a miracle as great as if God had begun to create out of nothing those things which he commanded to proceed from the earth. And he does not take his material from the earth, because he needed it, but that he might the better combine the separate parts... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

Verse 26 26.Let us make man (83) Although the tense here used is the future, all must acknowledge that this is the language of one apparently deliberating. Hitherto God has been introduced simply as commanding; now, when he approaches the most excellent of all his works, he enters into consultation. God certainly might here command by his bare word what he wished to be done: but he chose to give this tribute to the excellency of man, that he would, in a manner, enter into consultation... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:27

Verse 27 27.So God created man The reiterated mention of the image of God is not a vain repetition. For it is a remarkable instance of the Divine goodness which can never be sufficiently proclaimed. And, at the same time, he admonishes us from what excellence we have fallen, that he may excite in us the desire of its recovery. When he soon afterwards adds, that God created them male and female, he commends to us that conjugal bond by which the society of mankind is cherished. For this form of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

In the beginning , Bereshith , is neither "from eternity," as in John 1:1 ; nor "in wisdom" (Chaldee paraphrase), as if parallel with Proverbs 3:19 and Psalms 104:24 ; nor "by Christ," who, in Colossians 1:18 , is denominated ἀρχὴ ; but "at the commencement of time." Without indicating when the beginning was, the expression intimates that the beginning was. Exodus 20:11 seems to imply that this was the initiation of the first day's work. The formula, "And God said,"... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

The visible universe. I. ONE , yet NOT SIMPLE . 1. One . In age, origin, and nature one, "the heavens and the earth" also constitute one vast system. Cohering physically through the force of gravitation, which, in its ultimate analysis, is simply an expression of the Divine power, they are unified spiritually by Christ, who is the impersonation of the Divine wisdom and love ( John 1:3 , John 1:9 ; Colossians 1:15 , Colossians 1:17 ). Hence, as constituting one... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 1:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 1:1

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