Prologue: Our Declaration

1 What was from the beginning,^(A) what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word^(B) of life—

⁷ For there are three that testify:^[a](A)

Prologue

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

¹³ He wore a robe dipped in blood,^(A) and his name is called the Word of God.^(B)