Pro 8:22-31, Joh 1:18, 3:13, 10:30, 14:9, 17:24, Phili 2:6, Col 1:15-17 | 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.

John 1:18

18 ^xNo one has ever seen God; ^ythe 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} ^abhe has made him known.

John 3:13

13 ^acNo one has ^adascended into heaven except ^aehe who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add who is in heaven}

John 10:30

30 ^agI and the Father are one.”

John 14:9

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^ahWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 17:24

24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be ^aiwith me ^ajwhere I am, ^akto see my glory that you have given me because you loved me ^albefore the foundation of the world.

Philippians 2:6

6 ^amwho, though he was in ^anthe form of God, did not count equality with God ^aoa thing to be grasped,

Colossians 1:15-17

The Preeminence of Christ

15 ^apHe is the image of ^aqthe invisible God, ^arthe firstborn of all creation. 16 For by ^{▼▼That is, by means of; or in} him all things were created, ^atin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^authrones or ^avdominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^awthrough him and for him. 17 And ^axhe is before all things, and in him all things ^ayhold together.