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The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God,
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in readiness for God from day one.
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Everything was created through him; nothing - not one thing! - came into being without him.
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What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by.
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The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn't put it out.