The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.