In the beginningwas the Word,and the Wordwas with God,and the Wordwas God.
In the beginningGodcreatedthe heavensand the earth.
Your throne,O God,is foreverand ever;A scepterof uprightnessis the scepterof Your kingdom.
"Thereforethe LordHimselfwill giveyou a sign:Behold,a virginwill be with childand beara son,and she will callHis nameImmanuel.
For a childwill be bornto us, a sonwill be givento us; And the governmentwill reston His shoulders;And His namewill be calledWonderfulCounselor,MightyGod,EternalFather,Princeof Peace.
"BEHOLD,THE VIRGINSHALL BE WITH CHILDAND SHALL BEARA SON,AND THEY SHALL CALLHIS NAMEIMMANUEL,"whichtranslatedmeans,"GODWITH US."
and were continuallyin the templepraisingGod.
And the Wordbecameflesh,and dweltamongus, and we sawHis glory,gloryas of the only begottenfrom the Father,fullof graceand truth.
No onehas seenGodat any time;the only begottenGodwho is in the bosomof the Father,He has explained[Him].
He was in the beginningwith God.
"I came forthfrom the Fatherand have comeinto the world;I am leavingthe worldagainand goingto the Father."
"Now,Father,glorifyMe togetherwith Yourself,with the glorywhichI hadwith You beforethe worldwas.
Thomasansweredand saidto Him, "My Lordand my God!"
Jesussaidto them, "Truly,truly,I sayto you, beforeAbrahamwas born,I am."
whoseare the fathers,and from whomis the Christaccordingto the flesh,who is overall,Godblessedforever.Amen.
and to bring to lightwhatis the administrationof the mysterywhich for ageshas been hiddenin Godwho createdall things;
who,although He existedin the formof God,did not regardequalitywith Goda thing to be grasped,
He is the imageof the invisibleGod,the firstbornof allcreation.
He is beforeallthings, and in Him all thingshold together.
By common confession,greatis the mysteryof godliness:He whowas revealedin the flesh,Was vindicatedin the Spirit,Seenby angels,Proclaimedamongthe nations,Believedon in the world,Takenup in glory.
lookingfor the blessedhopeand the appearingof the gloryof our greatGodand Savior,ChristJesus,
JesusChrist[is] the sameyesterdayand todayand forever.
Without father,without mother,without genealogy,havingneitherbeginningof daysnorendof life,but made likethe Sonof God,he remainsa priestperpetually.
SimonPeter,a bond-servantand apostleof JesusChrist,To thosewho have receiveda faithof the same kindas ours,by the righteousnessof our Godand Savior,JesusChrist:
And we knowthat the Sonof Godhas come,and has givenus understandingsothat we may knowHim whois true;and we are in Him who is true,in His SonJesusChrist.Thisis the true Godand eternallife.
For thereare threethat testify:
saying,"Writein a bookwhatyou see,and send[it] to the sevenchurches:to Ephesusand to Smyrnaand to Pergamumand to Thyatiraand to Sardisand to Philadelphiaand to Laodicea."
WhenI sawHim, I fellat His feetlikea dead man.And He placedHis right handon me, saying,"Do not be afraid;I amthe firstand the last,
whotestifiedto the wordof Godand to the testimonyof JesusChrist,[even] to allthat he saw.
"I amthe Alphaand the Omega,"saysthe LordGod,"who is and whowas and who is to come,the Almighty."
[He is] clothedwith a robedippedin blood,and His nameis calledThe Wordof God.
"And to the angelof the churchin Smyrnawrite:The firstand the last,whowas dead,and has come to life,saysthis:
ThenHe saidto me, "It is done.I am the Alphaand the Omega,the beginningand the end.I will giveto the one who thirstsfrom the springof the waterof lifewithout cost.
"I am the Alphaand the Omega,the firstand the last,the beginningand the end."
"To the angelof the churchin Laodiceawrite:The Amen,the faithfuland true Witness,the Beginningof the creationof God,saysthis:
