John 1:1-2

1The Gospel According to JohnThe Word and Creation

In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.Prov 8:22-23, 30; John 17:5; Phil 2:6; Col 1:17; 1John 1:1-2; 5:7; Rev 1:2; 19:13
2He existed in the beginning with God.Gen 1:1

John 10:30

30I and the Father are one.”John 17:11, 22

John 14:9

9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?John 12:45; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

Philippians 2:6

6In God's own form existed he,John 1:1-2; 5:18; 10:33; 17:5; 2Cor 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

And shared with God equality,

Deemed nothing needed grasping.

Colossians 1:15

15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.2Cor 4:4; Heb 1:3; Rev 3:14

Colossians 1:17

17He himself existed before all things, and by
Or in
him all things hold together.John 1:1, 3; 17:5; 1Cor 8:6

Hebrews 1:3

3He is the reflection
Or radiance
of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest MajestyPs 110:1; John 1:4, 14; 14:9; 2Cor 4:4; Eph 1:20; Col 1:15, 17; Heb 7:27; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1Pet 3:22; Rev 4:11

Hebrews 1:10

10And,Ps 102:25

“In the beginning, Lord,

you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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