^44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(B)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(C)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(D)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

¹⁴ And ^(A)the Word ^(B)became flesh and ^(C)dwelt among us, ^(D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son^[a] from the Father, full of ^(E)grace and ^(F)truth.

¹⁹ For ^(A)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, ^(B)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but ^(C)in him it is always Yes. ²⁰ For ^(D)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our ^(E)Amen to God for his glory.

^23 (A)Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for ^(B)he who promised is faithful.