⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

¹⁴ And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

⁵ And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

²⁴ Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

⁶ The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

² For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.

⁸ And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

¹⁰ You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

¹¹ They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;

¹² They will be rolled up like a cloth, even like a robe, and they will be changed: but you are the same and your years will have no end.

⁶ For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

²² The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.

²³ From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

²⁴ When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water.

²⁵ Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

²⁶ When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.

²⁷ When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

²⁸ When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

²⁹ When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

³⁰ Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;

⁸ Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?

¹³ From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?

⁸ I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

⁵¹ Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

³⁴ And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

¹ From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

² This Word was from the first in relation with God.

¹² Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

⁹ Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;

¹¹ Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.