¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with the God.
All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.
And now, O Father, clarify thou me with thine own self with that clarity which I had with thee before the world was.
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature;
for by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.