According to Paul of Tarsus:
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation.
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions
or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him
and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning,
the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the
preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should
dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether
things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through
the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy,
and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard,
which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I,
Paul, became a minister," NJKV. Colossians 1:15
According to John:
"In the beginning was
the Word (Logos), and the Word (Logos) was with God, and the Word
(Logos) was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made
through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not
comprehend it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that
all through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that
Light.
9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming
into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and
the world did not know Him.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld
His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
of grace and truth." John 1
According to John the Baptist:
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who
comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'"
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who
is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not
the Christ."
21 And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?"
He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?"
And he answered, "No."
22 Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give
an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
23 He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
"Make straight the way of the LORD,"' as the prophet
Isaiah said."
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if
you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26 John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but
there stands One among you whom you do not know.
27 "It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me,
whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose."
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where
John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold!
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 "This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who
is preferred before me, for He was before me.'
31 "I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to
Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water."
32 And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending
from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.
33 "I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with
water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and
remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
34 "And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of
God."
35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the
Lamb of God!"
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them,
"What do you seek?" They said to Him, "Rabbi"
(which is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where are You
staying?"
39 He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw
where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was
about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We
have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ).
42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him,
He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called
Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found
Philip and said to him, "Follow Me."
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found
Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote--Jesus
of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
46 And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out
of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold,
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus
answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when
you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the
Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you,
'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater
things than these."
51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter
you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and
descending upon the Son of Man," NKJV. John 1.
According to Peter:
"And Simon Peter answered and said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. ' " Mt 16:16
According to Luke:
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11
According to Isaiah:
"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6
According to John:
"For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh
to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds
may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." John
3:16
