The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

⁶ Then I heard what seemed to be ^(A)the voice of a great multitude, like ^(B)the roar of many waters and ^(C)like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,

The Creation of the World

1 In the ^(A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

³ He is the radiance of the glory of God and ^(A)the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. ^(B)After making purification for sins, ^(C)he sat down ^(D)at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

⁸ but ^(A)it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^(B)the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

³⁶ but ^(A)you shall fear the Lord, ^(B)who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and ^(C)with an outstretched arm. You shall bow yourselves to him, and to him you shall sacrifice.

³⁰ Thus the Lord ^(A)saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ^31 (B)Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they ^(C)believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

³ concerning his Son, ^(A)who was descended from David^{[a] (B)}according to the flesh ⁴ and ^(C)was declared to be the Son of God ^(D)in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

^18 (A)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is ^(B)the hope to which he has called you, what are ^(C)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, ^(D)according to the working of ^(E)his great might ²⁰ that he worked in Christ ^(F)when he raised him from the dead and ^(G)seated him at his right hand ^(H)in the heavenly places, ^21 (I)far above ^(J)all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above ^(K)every name that is named, not only in ^(L)this age but also in the one to come.

³ concerning his Son, ^(A)who was descended from David^{[a] (B)}according to the flesh ⁴ and ^(C)was declared to be the Son of God ^(D)in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,