Genesis 1:1

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The Creation

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

Footnotes

Genesis 1:1 Or created the universe

John 1:1-3

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Prologue

1 In the beginning^(A) was the Word,^[a]^(B)
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.^(C)
²He was with God in the beginning.^(D)
³All things were created^(E) through Him,^(F)
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

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Footnotes

John 1:1 The Word (Gk Logos) is a title for Jesus as the communication and the revealer of God the Father; Jn 1:14,18; Rv 19:13.

John 1:14

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¹⁴The Word^(A) became flesh^[a]^(B)
and took up residence^[b] among us.
We observed His glory,^(C)
the glory as the One and Only^(D) Son^[c] from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

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Footnotes

John 1:14 The eternally existent Word (vv. 1-2) took on full humanity but without sin; Heb 4:15.
John 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled; this word occurs only here in John. A related word, referring to the Festival of Tabernacles, occurs only in 7:2; Ex 40:34-38.
John 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.