The Beginning

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[a](A)

¹⁴ May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) and the love of God,^(B) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit^(C) be with you all.

⁴ There is one body^(A) and one Spirit,^(B) just as you were called to one hope when you were called^(C); ⁵ one Lord,^(D) one faith, one baptism;

¹⁷ Now to the King^(A) eternal, immortal,^(B) invisible,^(C) the only God,^(D) be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(E)

⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,^(B) the Almighty.”^(C)