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.

^4 (A)In Him was life, and ^(B)the life was the light of men.

⁷ This man came for a ^(A)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might ^(B)believe.

^9 (A)That^[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

⁸ But what does it say? ^(A)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):