The Word Became Flesh

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

²⁵ They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,^(A) and worshiped and served created things^(B) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.^(C) Amen.^(D)

¹⁶ For in him all things were created:^(A) things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;^(B) all things have been created through him and for him.^{(C) 17} He is before all things,^(D) and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head^(E) of the body, the church;^(F) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(G) from among the dead,^(H) so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹ For God was pleased^(I) to have all his fullness^(J) dwell in him,