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Its original [[Greek]] permits an inference that the creation of the visible from the invisible is in the present, not merely at the origin of the [[universe]], and modern [[quantum mechanics]] confirms that interpretation.  The verse could better be translated with consistent use of the present tense, as follows:

Its original [[Greek]] permits an inference that the creation of the visible from the invisible is in the present, not merely at the origin of the [[universe]], and modern [[quantum mechanics]] confirms that interpretation.  The verse could better be translated with consistent use of the present tense, as follows:

{{cquote|By faith we understand that the universe '''''is''''' created by the word of God, so that what is seen '''''is''''' not made out of things that are visible.

{{cquote|By faith we understand that the universe '''''is''''' created by the word of God, so that what is seen '''''is''''' not made out of things that are visible.}}

The [[New Living Translation]] renders this verse superbly as follows:

The [[New Living Translation]] renders this verse superbly as follows: