John 17:5
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5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.(A)
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John 1:1-3
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A) 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being(B)
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1 Peter 1:20
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20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.(A)
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Colossians 1:15-17
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The Supremacy of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,(A) 16 for in[a] him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in[b] him all things hold together.
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John 10:30
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30 The Father and I are one.”
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Philippians 2:6
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6 who, though he existed in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be grasped,(A)
Revelation 5:9-14
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9 They sing a new song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)
10 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving[b] our God,
and they will reign[c] on earth.”(B)
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,(C) 12 singing with full voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea and all that is in them, singing,
“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might
forever and ever!”(D)
14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
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Hebrews 1:10
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10 And,
“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;(A)
Hebrews 1:3
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3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[a] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for[b] sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,(A)
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John 17:24
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24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.(A)
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John 8:58
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58 Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”(A)
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John 1:18
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18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who[a] is close to the Father’s heart,[b] who has made him known.(A)
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John 14:9
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9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?(A)
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Matthew 25:34
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34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,(A)
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Proverbs 8:22-31
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Wisdom’s Part in Creation
22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
the first of his acts of long ago.(A)
23 Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.(B)
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,(C)
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields[c]
or the world’s first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,(D)
28 when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(E)
30 then I was beside him, like a master worker,[d]
and I was daily his[e] delight,
playing before him always,(F)
31 playing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.(G)
Revelation 13:8
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8 and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.[a](A)
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- 13.8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world
Revelation 3:21
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21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.(A)
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1 John 1:2
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2 this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us(A)—
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John 3:13
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13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a](A)
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- 3.13 Other ancient authorities add who is in heaven
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