1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

⁵⁸ Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

⁵ And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.