What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—

For there are three that testify:

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

With

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us—

The word was

I and the Father are one.”

Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name

Immanuel.

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

Get yourself up on a high mountain,
O Zion, bearer of good news,
Lift up your voice mightily,
O Jerusalem, bearer of good news;
Lift it up, do not fear.
Say to the cities of Judah,
“Here is your God!”

“Behold, the virgin shall be with

child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name

Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was

vindicated in the Spirit,

Seen by angels,

Proclaimed among the nations,

Believed on in the world,

Taken up in glory.

looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of

our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

But of the Son He says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of

His kingdom.

Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

General references

Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

I and the Father are one.”