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All thingsπάνταcame into beingἐγένετοthroughδι’him,αὐτοῦandκαὶwithoutχωρὶςhimαὐτοῦnotοὐδὲone thingἕνcame into being.ἐγένετοWhatὃhas come into beingγέγονεν
John 1:3
Study it in the app“All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being”
John goes back to "the beginning": all things came into being through the WordCreationJohn begins before creation: the Word was with God and was GodWho Jesus IsThe Word was with God and was God; in the Word was lifeThe Word of God
With the Greek beneath
John 1:3, word by word
- came into beingἐγένετοegeneto
be made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “egeneto” appears- withoutχωρὶςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- one thingἕνhen
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
The oldest manuscripts have no punctuation. The Greek text we follow joins “what has come into being” to verse 4; many translations join it to verse 3: “without him nothing came into being that has come into being.”
The context
2He was in the beginning with God.
3 · This verse (above)
4in him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
To study John 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the beginning of this chapter say about the Word: where it was, what it was, and what came to be through it? (vv. 1-14)
2. What it means
John says those who received the Word were given authority to become children of God. What does “receiving him” mean in this chapter? (vv. 11-13)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the first disciples, “What are you looking for?” and invited them, “Come and you will see” (vv. 38-39). What are you looking for today?