John 1:1-18
God's Word is His Son
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Hebrews 1:1-4
God's Final Word: His Son
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
Acts 17:22-31
God Made the World and Everything in It
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...Jesus was with God in the beginning...Through Jesus all things are made; without Jesus nothing was made that has been made...In Jesus is life, and that life is the Light of all mankind...The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it...So God made the world and everything in it...He is the LORD of heaven and the earth and does not live in temples and earthly things built by human hands...And God is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything...Rather, He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else...From the first man and from this one man God made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and God marked out our appointed times in history when we will be on earth, and the boundaries of where we live...God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us...For in God we live and move and have our being...We are God's offspring...
Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the God is like gold or silver or stone—or an image made by human design and skill...In the past God overlooked our ignorance, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent...For God has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the One Man He has appointed...God who sent His Son for us and to us...And He dwelt with us...God sent His Son to us, out of His LOVE to die for our sins, and then to defeat death and become our Savior...By His death, our sins will be forgiven, and we shall live forever with God....God has given proof of this to everyone by raising Jesus, His Son from the dead...In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets and at many times and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed His Heir to all things, and through His Son, God made the universe...God's Son is the radiance of God’s Glory and the exact representation of His Being...God sustains all things by His powerful Word...After God had provided purification for our sins by His Son's death on the cross, His Son sat down at the right hand of His Father in heaven...So Jesus became as much superior to the angels as the name He has inherited and is superior to the angels...