Song 2:3, 5:10-16, Zec 9:17, Mat 17:2, Joh 1:14, Col 1:15-18 | ESV | STEP | As an apple tree among the trees of the forest , so is my beloved among the young men . With great delight I sat in his shadow , and his fruit was sweet to my taste .

3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my ^abeloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat ^bin his shadow,
and his ^cfruit was sweet to my taste.

Song of Solomon 5:10-16

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ^druddy,
^edistinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
^fhis locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His ^geyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 His ⁱcheeks are like ^jbeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^klilies,
dripping ^lliquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with ^mjewels.
His body is polished ivory, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
bedecked with ^osapphires. ^{▼▼Hebrew lapis lazuli}
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^qLebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His ^rmouth ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O ^tdaughters of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 9:17

17 ^uFor how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
^vGrain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.

Matthew 17:2

2 And he was ^wtransfigured before them, and ^xhis face shone like the sun, and ^yhis clothes became white as light.

John 1:14

14 And ^zthe Word ^aabecame flesh and ^abdwelt among us, ^acand we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of ^adgrace and ^aetruth.

Colossians 1:15-18

The Preeminence of Christ

15 ^afHe is the image of ^agthe invisible God, ^ahthe firstborn of all creation. 16 For by ^{▼▼That is, by means of; or in} him all things were created, ^ajin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^akthrones or ^aldominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^amthrough him and for him. 17 And ^anhe is before all things, and in him all things ^aohold together. 18 And ^aphe is the head of the body, the church. He is ^aqthe beginning, ^arthe firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.