Pro 8:22-31, Isa 41:4, Mic 5:2, Joh 1:1-18, 8:58, 1Jo 2:13 | ESV | STEP | The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work , the first of his acts of old .

22 ^a“The Lord ^bpossessed ^{▼▼Or fathered; Septuagint created} me at the beginning of his work, ^{▼▼Hebrew way}
the first of his acts ^eof old.
23 Ages ago I was ^fset up,
at the first, ^gbefore the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no ^hdepths I was ⁱbrought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains ^jhad been shaped,
^kbefore the hills, I was brought forth,
26 before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
27 When he ^lestablished the heavens, I was there;
when he drew ^ma circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he ⁿmade firm the skies above,
when he established ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} the fountains of the deep,
29 when he ^passigned to the sea its ^qlimit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out ^rthe foundations of the earth,
30 then ^sI was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his ^{▼▼Or daily filled with} ^udelight,
rejoicing before him always,
31 ^vrejoicing in his ^winhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.

Isaiah 41:4

4 ^xWho has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
^yI, the Lord, the first,
and with the last; I am he.

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^aaBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ^abJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^acruler in Israel,
^adwhose coming forth is ^aefrom of old,
from ancient days.

John 1:1-18

The Word Became Flesh

1 ^afIn the beginning was ^agthe Word, and ^ahthe Word was with God, and ^aithe Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 ^ajAll things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 ^akIn him was life, ^{▼▼Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him} and ^amthe life was the light of men. 5 ^anThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man ^aosent from God, whose name was ^apJohn. 7 He came as a ^aqwitness, to bear witness about the light, ^arthat all might believe through him. 8 ^asHe was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 ^atThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet ^authe world did not know him. 11 He came to ^avhis own, ^{▼▼Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people} and ^axhis own people ^{▼▼People is implied in Greek} ^azdid not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, ^bawho believed in his name, ^bbhe gave the right ^bcto become ^bdchildren of God, 13 who ^bewere born, ^bfnot of blood ^bgnor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And ^bhthe Word ^bibecame flesh and ^bjdwelt among us, ^bkand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^blgrace and ^bmtruth. 15 ( ^bnJohn bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ^bo‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from ^bphis fullness we have all received, ^bqgrace upon grace. ^{▼▼Or grace in place of grace} 17 For ^bsthe law was given through Moses; ^btgrace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 ^buNo one has ever seen God; ^bvthe only God, ^{▼▼Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son} who is at the Father’s side, ^{▼▼Greek in the bosom of the Father} ^byhe has made him known.

John 8:58

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ^bzI am.”

1 John 2:13

13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know ^cahim who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because ^cbyou have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because ^ccyou know the Father.