John 1:14-18(NASB)

The Word Made Flesh

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and ^[a]dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of ^[b]the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ^[c]has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” ¹⁶ For of His fullness ^[d]we have all received, and ^[e]grace upon grace. ¹⁷ For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth ^[f]were realized through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

Romans 1:18-25(NASB)

Unbelief and Its Consequences

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth ^[a]in unrighteousness, ¹⁹ because that which is known about God is evident ^[b]within them; for God made it evident to them. ²⁰ For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. ²¹ For even though they knew God, they did not ^[c]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. ²² Professing to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and ^[d]crawling creatures.

²⁴ Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. ²⁵ For they exchanged the truth of God for ^[e]a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed ^[f]forever. Amen.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12(NASB)

⁸ Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His ^[a]coming; ⁹ that is, the one whose ^[b]coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and ^[c]signs and false wonders, ¹⁰ and with ^[d]all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God ^[e]will send upon them ^[f]a deluding influence so that they will believe ^[g]what is false, ¹² in order that they all may be ^[h]judged who did not believe the truth, but ^[i]took pleasure in wickedness.