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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1 · World English Bible

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The same threadGenesis 1:1

John opens his Gospel with the opening words of Genesis ('In the beginning…') so we see the Word was already there before creation began.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

The same threadJohn 8:58

'Before Abraham was, I AM': the Word's eternity and divine name.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

The same threadColossians 1:16-17

All things were created through the Word and hold together in Him.

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

The same threadHebrews 1:2-3

God made the worlds through the Son, the radiance of His glory.

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

The same threadRevelation 19:13

The returning King is called 'The Word of God': the same Word who was in the beginning.

He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”

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The same thread (this verse)John 8:58

The Word was with God in the beginning, before Abraham existed.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”