Joh 1:1-2, 5:18, 10:33, 17:5, 2Cor 4:4, Col 1:15, Heb 1:3 | ISV | STEP | The Gospel According to John The Word and Creation In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1-2

1 The 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 2 He existed in the beginning with God.Gen 1:1

John 5:18

18 So the Jews ^{▼▼I.e. Jewish leaders} were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal to God.John 7:19; Phil 2:6

John 10:33

33 The Jews answered him, “We are not going to stone you for a good work but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!”John 5:18

John 17:5

5 So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.John 1:1-2; 10:30; 14:9; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15, 17; Heb 1:3, 10

2 Corinthians 4:4

4 In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.Isa 6:10; John 1:18; 16:11; 2Cor 3:6, 8-9, 11, 14, 18; Eph 6:12; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

Colossians 1:15

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

Hebrews 1:3

3 He 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