The Creation of the World
1 aIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
18 And the Lord has declared ptoday that qyou are a people for his rtreasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
10 gAnd the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and hsorrow and sighing shall flee away.
7 everyone who is ccalled by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”
23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
The Word Became Flesh
1 aIn the beginning bwas cthe Word, and the Word was dwith God, and ethe Word was God. 2 fHe was in the beginning with God. 3 gAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
3 By faith we understand that qthe universe was created rby the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
9 But you are ga chosen race, ha royal priesthood, a holy nation, ia people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you jout of darkness into his marvelous light.
9 And they sang a mnew song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for you were slain, and by your blood you nransomed people for God
from every otribe and language and people and nation,
A Great Multitude from Every Nation
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, zfrom every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the aLamb, clothed in bwhite robes, with cpalm branches in their hands,
10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation dbelongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
