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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

When God began to create[a] the heavens and the earth,(A) the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God[b] swept over the face of the waters.(B) Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.(C) And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.(D) God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.(E)

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  1. 1.1 Or In the beginning God created
  2. 1.2 Or while the spirit of God or while a mighty wind

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A) He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being(B) in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people.(C) The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.

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  1. 1.4 Or through him. And without him not one thing came into being that has come into being. In him was life

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)

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  1. 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world