The Eternal Word^(A)

1 In the beginning ^(B)was the Word, and the ^(C)Word was ^(D)with God, and the Word was ^(E)God.

The History of Creation^(A)

1 In the ^(B)beginning ^(C)God created the heavens and the earth.

⁵ And now, O Father, glorify Me together ^[a]with Yourself, with the glory ^(A)which I had with You before the world was.

^13 (A)He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called ^(B)The Word of God.

^17 (A)And He is before all things, and in Him ^(B)all things consist.

The Word Becomes Flesh

^14 (A)And the Word ^(B)became ^(C)flesh and dwelt among us, and ^(D)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ^(E)full of grace and truth.

What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched^(A)

1 That ^(B)which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, ^(D)which we have looked upon, and ^(E)our hands have handled, concerning the ^(F)Word of life— ^2 (G)the life ^(H)was manifested, and we have seen, ^(I)and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was ^(J)with the Father and was manifested to us—

^13 (A)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the ^[a]Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

^2 (A)He was in the beginning with God.