¹⁷ And ^(A)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(B)hold together.

The Word Became Flesh

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

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.

⁵ And now, Father, ^(A)glorify me in your own presence with the glory ^(B)that I had with you ^(C)before the world existed.

^13 (A)I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^(B)the first and the last, ^(C)the beginning and the end.”