5 From the invisible he made all things visible, himself being invisible. (2EN)
2 Enoch 48:5
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2 Enoch 24:3–5
3 Hear, Enoch, and take in these my words, for not to My angels have I told my secret, and I have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they understood my creating, which I tell thee to-day. (2EN) 4 For before all things were visible, I alone used to… (2EN) 5 … (2EN)
Apocryphon of John 3:1–3
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Apocryphon of John 4:2–4
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John 1:2–4
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Hebrews 11:2–4
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Romans 1:19–21
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Epistle to Diognetus 8:4–6
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