baptism

1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

1:1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

1:2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.

1:3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

4:1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

4:2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

4:3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

1:1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

1:2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

3:1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

The Christmas season is a phrase that covers the time when two interconnected periods of celebration are held.