1:1 In the beginning 2 God 3 created 4 the heavens and the earth. 5
8:22 The Lord created 6 me as the beginning 7 of his works, 8
before his deeds of long ago.
8:23 From eternity I was appointed, 9
from the beginning, from before the world existed. 10
8:24 When there were no deep oceans 11 I was born, 12
when there were no springs overflowing 13 with water;
8:25 before the mountains were set in place –
before the hills – I was born,
8:26 before he made the earth and its fields, 14
or the beginning 15 of the dust of the world.
8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he marked out the horizon 16 over the face of the deep,
8:28 when he established the clouds above,
when the fountains of the deep grew strong, 17
8:29 when he gave the sea his decree
that the waters should not pass over his command, 18
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
8:30 then I was 19 beside him as a master craftsman, 20
and I was his delight 21 day by day,
rejoicing before him at all times,
8:31 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, 22
and delighting 23 in its people. 24
1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together 29 in him.
1:10 And,
“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, 30
and the heavens are the works of your hands.
1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” 33 says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful! 34
2:8 “To 37 the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: 38
“This is the solemn pronouncement of 39 the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but 40 came to life:
22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end!) 44