John 1:1

Easy To Read Version

Before the world began, the Word {\cf2\super [1]} was there. The Word was there with God. The Word was God.

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

God made the sky and earth. At first,

Psalm 45:6

God, {\cf2\super [273]} your throne continues forever!\par Goodness is your royal scepter. {\cf2\super [274]} \par

Isaiah 7:14

But \{God,\} my Master, will show you a sign:

Isaiah 9:6

This will happen when the special child is born. God will give a son to us. This son will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be “Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.”

Matthew 1:23

“The virgin {\cf2\super [15]} will be pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will name him Immanuel.” {\cf2\super [16]} (Immanuel means, “God with us.”)

Luke 24:53

They stayed at the temple {\cf2\super [400]} all the time, praising God.

John 1:14

The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.

John 1:18

No man has ever seen God. But the only Son (Jesus) is God. He is very close to the Father {\cf2\super [7]} (God). And the Son has shown us what God is like.

John 1:2

He was there with God in the beginning.

John 16:28

I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 20:28

Thomas said to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!”

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. Before Abraham {\cf2\super [149]} was born, I AM. {\cf2\super [150]} ”

Romans 9:5

Those people are the descendants {\cf2\super [74]} of our great fathers. {\cf2\super [75]} And they are the earthly family of Christ. Christ is God over all things. Praise him forever! {\cf2\super [76]} Amen.

Ephesians 3:9

And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for God’s secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in God since the beginning of time. God is the One who created everything.

Philippians 2:6

Christ himself was like God in everything. Christ was equal with God. But Christ did not think that being equal with God was something that he must keep.

Colossians 1:15

No person can see God. But Jesus is exactly like God. Jesus is ruler over all the things that have been made.

Colossians 1:17

Christ was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

Titus 2:13

We should live like that while we are waiting for the coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. He is our great hope, and he will come with glory.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews 7:3

No person knows who Melchizedek’s father or mother was or where he came from. {\cf2\super [56]} And no person knows when he was born or when he died. Melchizedek is like the Son of God and he continues being a priest forever.

2 Peter 1:1

Greetings from Simon Peter, a servant and apostle {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}

1 John 5:7

So there are three witnesses that tell us \{about Jesus\}:

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write in a book all these things you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1:2

John has told everything that he saw. It is the truth that Jesus Christ told him; it is the message from God.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. {\cf2\super [6]} I am the One who is, who \{always\} was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”

Revelation 19:13

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood. His name is the Word of God.

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna:

Revelation 21:6

The One on the throne said to me: “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega, {\cf2\super [158]} the Beginning and the End. I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to any person that is thirsty.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, {\cf2\super [173]} the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: