¹⁷ He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double^(A) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.^(B) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.^(C)

³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(A)

¹⁸ And he is the head^(A) of the body, the church;^(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(C) from among the dead,^(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(A) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(B) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(C) from the spring of the water of life.^(D)

¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(A) the First and the Last,^(B) the Beginning and the End.^(C)