John 1:1-3
New Living Translation
Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word
1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
John 1:14
New Living Translation
14 So the Word became human[a] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[b] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
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John 3:16
New Living Translation
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
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- 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.
Colossians 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[a] of this world, rather than from Christ.
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Colossians 2:9
New Living Translation
9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[a]
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- 2:9 Or in him dwells all the completeness of the Godhead bodily.
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