^17 (A)And He is before all things, and in Him ^(B)all things consist.

^3 (A)who being the brightness of His glory and the express ^(B)image of His person, and ^(C)upholding all things by the word of His power, ^(D)when He had ^[a]by Himself ^[b]purged ^[c]our sins, ^(E)sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

⁶ yet ^(A)for us there is one God, the Father, ^(B)of whom are all things, and we for Him; and ^(C)one Lord Jesus Christ, ^(D)through whom are all things, and ^(E)through whom we live.

²⁸ for ^(A)in Him we live and move and have our being, ^(B)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

⁵ And now, O Father, glorify Me together ^[a]with Yourself, with the glory ^(A)which I had with You before the world was.

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. ^2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. ^3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)before Abraham was, ^(B)I AM.”

¹⁵ He is ^(A)the image of the invisible God, ^(B)the firstborn over all creation.