3 *God’s Son has all the brightness of God’s own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together.

After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side* of the glorious God in heaven. 4 He had become much greater than the angels, and the name he was given is far greater than any of theirs.

14 The Word became

a human being

and lived here with us.

We saw his true glory,

the glory of the only Son

of the Father.

From him the complete gifts

of undeserved grace and truth

have come down to us.

18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

17 But Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working, and this is why I keep on working." 18 *Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said God was his Father, which made him equal with God.

13 When Jesus and his disciples were near the town of Caesarea Philippi, he asked them, "What do people say about the Son of Man?"

14 *The disciples answered, "Some people say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah* or Jeremiah or some other prophet."

15 Then Jesus asked, "But who do you say I am?"

16 *Simon Peter spoke up, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

16 So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove. 17 *Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him."

15 God stays one with everyone who openly says Jesus is the Son of God. This is how we stay one with God

9 God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life. 10 Real love isn’t our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.

8 Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done.

12 And so, if we have God’s Son, we have this life. But if we don’t have the Son, we don’t have this life.

16 God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.

22 The Father doesn’t judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone. 23 The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, this is the same as refusing to honor the Father who sent him.

25 I tell you for certain the time will come, and it is already here, when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live! 26 The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son.

12 Yet some people accepted him

and put their faith in him.

So he gave them the right

to be the children of God.

13 They were not God’s children

by nature or because

of any human desires.

God himself was the one

who made them his children.

20 I have died, but Christ lives in me. And I now live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

4 But when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law, 5 *so he could set us free from the Law, and we could become God’s children. 6 *Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.

10 Even when we were God’s enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by the life of his Son.

6 A child has been born for us.

We have been given a son

who will be our ruler.

His names will be

Wonderful Advisor

and Mighty God,

Eternal Father

and Prince of Peace.