² (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

1 In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

³¹ He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks [as] of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,

²³ And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.