The Creation

In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)

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  1. 1:1 Or created the universe

Covenant Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty.(A) Live[a] in my presence and be blameless.(B)

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  1. 17:1 Or Walk

The Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,(A) the Lord appeared to him(B) and said, “I am God Almighty[a];(C) walk before me faithfully and be blameless.(D)

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  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai

13 Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”

14 God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.[a](A) This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever;(B) this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

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  1. 3:14 Or I AM BECAUSE I AM, or I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE

13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’(A) Then what shall I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.[a] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am(B) has sent me to you.’”

15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[b] the God of your fathers(C)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(D)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name(E) forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.(F)

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  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I will be what I will be
  2. Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

20 But he added, “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see(A) me and live.”

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20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see(A) me and live.”

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“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](A)

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  1. 6:4 Or the Lord is our God; the Lord is one, or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, or The Lord our God is one Lord

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone

Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, you are God.(A)

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Before the mountains were born(A)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting(B) you are God.(C)

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28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,(A)
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never becomes faint or weary;
there is no limit to his understanding.(B)
29 He gives strength to the faint
and strengthens the powerless.

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28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
The Lord is the everlasting(B) God,
    the Creator(C) of the ends of the earth.(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,(E)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(F)
29 He gives strength(G) to the weary(H)
    and increases the power of the weak.

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16 When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens(A) suddenly opened for him,[a] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.(B) 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”(C)

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  1. 3:16 Other mss omit for him

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened,(A) and he saw the Spirit of God(B) descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven(C) said, “This is my Son,(D) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”(E)

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19 Go, therefore, and make disciples(A) of[a] all nations,(B) baptizing(C) them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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  1. 28:19 Or and disciple

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,(A) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,(B)

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Prologue

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

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The Word Became Flesh

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

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24 God is spirit,(A) and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.”(B)

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24 God is spirit,(A) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

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13 When the Spirit of truth(A) comes, he will guide you into all the truth.(B) For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.

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13 But when he, the Spirit of truth,(A) comes, he will guide you into all the truth.(B) He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

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This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only(A) true(B) God, and the one you have sent(C) —Jesus Christ.(D)

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Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B)

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