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[[John Calvin]] commented extensively on this verse:
 
[[John Calvin]] commented extensively on this verse:
 
{{cquote|For this reason, the [author of Hebrews], in that very passage where he calls the world the images of things invisible, adds that through [[faith]] we understand that they have been fashioned by God’s word [Heb. 11:3]. He means by this that the invisible divinity is made manifest in such spectacles, but that we have not the eyes to see this unless they are illumined by the inner revelation of God through faith.<ref>https://christianitymatters.com/2012/01/16/the-necessity-of-gods-word/#:~:text=Commenting%20on%20Hebrews%2011%3A3,fashioned%20by%20God's%20word%20%5BHeb. (quoting John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, ed. Mcneil, Book 1, Ch V, 14, pg 68).</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|For this reason, the [author of Hebrews], in that very passage where he calls the world the images of things invisible, adds that through [[faith]] we understand that they have been fashioned by God’s word [Heb. 11:3]. He means by this that the invisible divinity is made manifest in such spectacles, but that we have not the eyes to see this unless they are illumined by the inner revelation of God through faith.<ref>https://christianitymatters.com/2012/01/16/the-necessity-of-gods-word/#:~:text=Commenting%20on%20Hebrews%2011%3A3,fashioned%20by%20God's%20word%20%5BHeb. (quoting John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, ed. Mcneil, Book 1, Ch V, 14, pg 68).</ref>}}
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Calvin commented on Hebrews 11:3 is not merely about the [[Creation]], but the [[Greek]] indicates that it encompasses post-creation action attributable to [[God]].  Calvin explains that the Greek for this verse is often mistranslated.
    
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