In the Beginning Was the Word

In the beginning was the Word.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the form of God.

All things came into being through Him,
And apart from Him nothing was made that’s been made.
He existed in the form of God.
The Word was with God,
And the Word was God.

Who, although He existed in the form of God,
Did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Equality with God not a thing to be grasped,
But emptied Himself.

And the Word became flesh. Became flesh,
Taking the form of a bond-servant,
Made in the likeness of men.

The Word became flesh,
Emptied Himself,
Being made in the likeness of men.

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
Like a root out of parched ground.
Made in the likeness of men.

He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Being made in the likeness of men.

Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.
Made in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself.
He humbled Himself,
Being made in the likeness of men.

He was in the world,
And the world was made through Him,
And the world did not know Him.

He came to His own,
And His own did not receive Him.
Did not know Him.
Those who were His own did not receive Him.
Made in the likeness of men.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief,
And like one from whom men hide their face,
Made in the likeness of men,
He was despised and we did not esteem Him.
He was despised and forsaken of men.
And apart from Him nothing was made that’s been made.

And the Word became flesh.
He humbled Himself, humbled Himself,
He was obedient to the point of death.
He humbled Himself. He humbled Himself.

The Light shines in the darkness,
And the darkness did not comprehend it.
The Word became flesh.
He humbled Himself.
Obedient to the point of death.
Those who were His own did not receive Him.
He humbled Himself, to the point of death.

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,
And our sorrows He carried.
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
And we have seen His glory,
Glory of the only Son from the Father,
Full of grace and truth.

So they cried, “Away with Him! Away with Him!
Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Cried, “Away with Him! Away with Him!”

He humbled Himself,
Death on a cross.
He humbled Himself, to death on a cross.

But the LORD was pleased to crush His Son,
Putting Him to grief.
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
“Away with Him! Away with Him!”

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross
To a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha.
There they crucified Him.
They crucified Him.
They crucified Him.

Because He poured Himself out to death
And was numbered with the transgressors.
He Himself bore the sin of many
And interceded for the transgressors.

Therefore when Jesus received the sour wine,
He said, “It is finished!”
And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

All we like sheep have gone astray;
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us
To fall on Him.

For from His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
For the Law was given through Moses;
Grace and truth through Jesus Christ.

For this reason also
God highly exalted Him
And has bestowed on Him the name that is above every name.
So that at the name of Jesus
Every knee should bow
Of those who are in heaven
And on earth and under the earth.
And every tongue should confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord
To the glory of God the Father.

Jesus Christ is Lord,
To the glory of God the Father.