John 1:1–3
John goes back to "the beginning": all things came into being through the Word
Study it word by word1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was in the beginning with God.
3All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
In its context
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4in him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Its words in the original
- ἀρχῇarchēi· beginning
Beginning, start; also authority, rule.
- ἦνēn· be
Be, exist.
- λόγοςlogos· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- θεόνtheon· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- χωρὶςchōris· without, apart from
Without, apart from.
- ἕνhen· one
One.