Leader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
ALL: All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Leader: In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
ALL: The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Leader: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
ALL: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
Leader: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” And “I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.”
ALL: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
(John 1:1–5; John 1:14, Isaiah 9:2, John 8:12, John 12:46; John 3:16 ESV)