36 For cthe Lord will vindicate1 his people
dand have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, ebond or free.
37 Then he will say, f‘Where are their gods,
gthe rock in which they took refuge,
38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
39 “‘See now that hI, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
iI kill and I make alive;
jI wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
5 xI am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
yI equip you, though you do not know me,
29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, v‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, wthe Lord is one.
The Creation of the World
1 In the abeginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
27 The eternal God is your tdwelling place,1
and underneath are the everlasting arms.2
And he thrust out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy.’
26 but ohas now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, pto bring about the obedience of faith—
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is jthe everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
khis understanding is unsearchable.
The Word Became Flesh
1 aIn the beginning was bthe Word, and cthe Word was with God, and dthe Word was God.
58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, aI am.”
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”1 And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: r‘I am has sent me to you.’”
14 how much more will qthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit roffered himself without blemish to God, spurify our1 conscience tfrom dead works uto serve the living God.