Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. New Living Translation In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. English Standard Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Berean Study Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Berean Literal Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. King James Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. New King James Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. New American Standard Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. NASB 1995 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. NASB 1977 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Amplified Bible In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. Christian Standard Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. American Standard Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English In the origin The Word had been existing and That Word had been existing with God and That Word was himself God. Contemporary English Version In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God. Douay-Rheims Bible IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Good News Translation In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God. International Standard Version In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. Literal Standard Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; New American Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. NET Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. New Revised Standard Version In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. New Heart English Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Weymouth New Testament In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. World English Bible In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Young's Literal Translation In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; Additional Translations ... Context The Beginning1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.… Cross References Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Proverbs 8:23 From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. Luke 24:53 praising God continually in the temple. John 1:2 He was with God in the beginning. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 8:58 "Truly, truly, I tell you," Jesus declared, "before Abraham was born, I am!" John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed. Treasury of Scripture In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. the beginning. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Proverbs 8:22-31 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old… Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: the Word. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 1 John 1:1,2 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; … 1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. with. John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. the Word was. John 10:30-33 I and my Father are one… John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
(1) In the beginning.--The reference to the opening words of the Old Testament is obvious, and is the more striking when we remember that a Jew would constantly speak of and quote from the book of Genesis as Ber?shith ("in the beginning"). It is quite in harmony with the Hebrew tone of this Gospel to do so, and it can hardly be that St. John wrote his Ber?shith without having that of Moses present to his mind, and without being guided by its meaning. We have then, in the earlier words, a law of interpretation for the later, and this law excludes every such sense as "the Everlasting Father" or "the divine wisdom," which is before all things, though both these have been supported by here and there a name of weight; much more does this law, strengthened as it is by the whole context, exclude any such sense as "the commencement of Christ's work on earth," which owes its existence to the foregone conclusion of a theory, and is marked by the absence of any support of weight. Our law seems equally to exclude from these words the idea of "anteriority to time," which is expressed, not in them, but in the substantive verb which immediately follows. The Mosaic conception of "beginning" is marked by the first creative act. St. John places himself at the same starting point of time, but before he speaks of any creation he asserts the pre-existence of the Creator. In this "beginning" there already "was" the Word. (See expressions of this thought in John 17:5; Proverbs 8:23; 1John 1:1; Revelation 3:14.) Was the Word.--See Excursus A: Doctrine of the Word. With God.--These words express the co-existence, but at the same time the distinction of person. They imply relation with, intercourse with. (Comp. the "in the bosom of the Father" of John 1:18, and "Let us make man" of Genesis 1:26.) "Throned face to face with God," "the gaze ever directed towards God," have been given as paraphrases, and the full sense cannot be expressed in fewer words. The "with" represents "motion towards." The Being whose existence is asserted in the "was" is regarded as distinct, but not alone, as ever going forth in communion with God. (Comp. the use of the same word "with" in Matthew 13:56; Matthew 26:11; Mark 6:3; Mark 9:19; 1Corinthians 16:6-7; Galatians 1:18; Galatians 4:18.) . . . Greek InἘν (En) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] beginning ἀρχῇ (archē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief. was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Word, Λόγος (Logos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Word Λόγος (Logos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. with πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. God, Θεόν (Theon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Word Λόγος (Logos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. God. Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. Jump to Previous Beginning First Relation WordJump to Next Beginning First Relation WordLinks John 1:1 NIVJohn 1:1 NLT John 1:1 ESV John 1:1 NASB John 1:1 KJV John 1:1 BibleApps.com John 1:1 Biblia Paralela John 1:1 Chinese Bible John 1:1 French Bible John 1:1 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Jhn Jo Jn) |
   
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