The Creation of the World

1 In the ^(A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

¹⁴ God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”^[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ^(A)‘I am has sent me to you.’”

Besides Me There Is No God

⁸ Jesus Christ is ^(A)the same yesterday and today and forever.

^8 (A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, ^(B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

^17 (A)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(B)he laid his right hand on me, ^(C)saying, “Fear not, ^(D)I am the first and the last,

⁶ And he said to me, ^(A)“It is done! ^(B)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(C)To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

^13 (A)I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^(B)the first and the last, ^(C)the beginning and the end.”