Joh 1:1, Heb 1:8-9 | ESV | STEP | In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God .

a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13]

b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1]

c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5]

d Phil. 2:6

eCited from Ps. 45:6, 7

f Isa. 61:1

g Isa. 61:3

John 1:1

The Word Became Flesh

1 ^aIn the beginning was ^bthe Word, and ^cthe Word was with God, and ^dthe Word was God.

Hebrews 1:8-9

8 But of the Son he says,

^e“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, ^fhas anointed you
with ^gthe oil of gladness beyond your companions.”