creativity

¹⁰For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.

²⁷And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.

¹In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

²⁹Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.

³⁵He has taught both of them wisdom, in order to do the work of carpentry, tapestry, and embroidery, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, and every textile, and to discover whatever may be new.”

³¹and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, and all teaching, ³²to design and to fashion, with gold and silver and brass,

²And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

²⁴How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions.

⁶And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;

¹⁴Do not be willing to neglect the grace that is within you, which was given to you through prophecy, with the imposition of the hands of the priesthood.

²⁰For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse.

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²“Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, ³and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in every craft, ⁴in order to design whatever must be fabricated from gold, and silver, and brass, ⁵from marble, and precious stones, and various woods. ⁶And I have given to him, as his associate, Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan. And I have placed wisdom in the heart of every artisan, so that they may make everything as I have instructed you:

¹In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. ²But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters. ³And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses. ⁵And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day. ⁶God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”

¹⁷So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.