The Creation

1 In the beginning^(A) God created the heavens and the earth.^[a](B)

The Messiah’s Herald

1 The beginning^(A) of the gospel^(B) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.^[a](C)

Prologue

1 In the beginning^(A) was the Word,^(B) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.^(C)

⁴ ‘All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.^(A)