1. God the good Creator of all things, in his infinite power and wisdom doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will; to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.
1. Sa Kanyang walang hanggang kapangyarihan at karunungan(1) ay nilikha ng Diyos ang lahat ng bagay.(2) Siya rin ang umaalalay, namamatnugot, nangangasiwa, at namamahala(3) sa lahat ng ito, may buhay man o wala, dakila man o munti.(4) Ito ang Kanyang probidensiya na sakdal sa karunungan at kabanalan,(5) at sumasang-ayon sa Kanyang di-nagkakamaling paunang kaalaman at sa malaya at di-nagbabagong kalooban.(6) Isinasakatuparan Niya ang layunin ng pagkalikha sa lahat ng bagay upang ang Kanyang karunungan, kalakasan at katarungan, kasama ang Kanyang walang hanggang kabutihan at kaawaan, ay mapapurihan at maluwalhati.(7) Gen. 1:31; 2:18; Aw. 119:68 Aw. 66:7; 145:11; Kaw. 3:19