²⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; ^(B)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over ^[a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

^16 (A)When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and ^[a]He saw ^(B)the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. ^17 (C)And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, ^(D)“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

^19 (A)Go ^[a]therefore and ^(B)make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

The Eternal Word^(A)

1 In the beginning ^(B)was the Word, and the ^(C)Word was ^(D)with God, and the Word was ^(E)God.

The Word Becomes Flesh

^14 (A)And the Word ^(B)became ^(C)flesh and dwelt among us, and ^(D)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ^(E)full of grace and truth.

^30 (A)I and My Father are one.”

¹⁷ Now ^(A)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^(B)liberty. ¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding ^(C)as in a mirror ^(D)the glory of the Lord, ^(E)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as ^[a]by the Spirit of the Lord.

⁷ For there are three that bear witness ^[a]in heaven: the Father, ^(A)the Word, and the Holy Spirit; ^(B)and these three are one.