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‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ These are among the most famous lines in the New Testament: they begin the Gospel of St. John. But what does ‘In the beginning was the Word’ mean? Let’s take a closer look at the meaning of this famous opening sentence.

It’s perhaps helpful to begin by setting out the difference between the Gospel of John and the three other gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The Gospel of Mark is thought to have been composed the earliest of the four gospels, with Matthew and Luke basing their own accounts on it. The gospel of John was written later still, and of the four, has the strongest claim to actually having been written by one of Jesus’ apostles. (It’s been speculated, though we cannot know for sure, that John may have written his account in the late first century AD, when he was an old man of nearly 90.)

Matthew, Mark, and Luke are grouped together as the ‘Synoptic’ gospels, from a word meaning ‘seeing together’. These three accounts all reflect each other to varying degrees. But the Gospel of John is quite different. Right from those opening words, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God’, John is signalling that his account of Jesus’ life will be treating Jesus as much more than a human being.

This is not to say that the other gospel writers don’t also acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah (as well as a human being), but that John’s Jesus is supernatural and ethereal – otherworldly, almost – right from the beginning.

‘In the beginning was the Word.’ But what does John mean by ‘the Word’? The original Greek text has Logos, for which ‘the Word’ is our English translation. But Logos is a word that comes with a lot of meanings packed into it, and ‘the Word’ is only a partial reflection of this densely significant word. This term, ‘the Word’, is not found in the Old Testament, and its use in the New Testament is down entirely to John.

In his endlessly informative Asimov’s Guide to the Bible: The New Testament: 002, the author and all-round polymath Isaac Asimov links John’s ‘In the beginning was the Word’ to the Greek philosophy of Thales of Miletus, who lived in the seventh century BC.

Thales argued that, contrary to the idea that the world was largely erratic and unpredictable in its operations, it was actually subject to rigid laws of nature, and that these laws could be discovered using reason and observation. This is the beginnings of both rationalism and empiricism, if you will.

This meant that God – or, depending on which belief system you subscribed to, a whole pantheon of gods – created the world upon some clear and knowable principle, and that this principle is constant rather than changeable and arbitrary. One of Thales’ followers, Heraclitus, used the term ‘Logos’ to refer to this rational principle. ‘Logos’ means ‘word’ but it also denotes the entire rational structure of knowledge as Thales and Heraclitus had theorised it.

And as the term ‘Logos’ was taken up by more and more philosophers, it came to refer not to some abstract entity but to a thing, even a person: the person who had created this orderly system of knowledge and principle in the world. Logos, if you will, became personified. This tradition spread beyond the Greek world, and was taken up by the Jewish followers of Yahweh, or the Old Testament God. In Jesus’ time, a man named Philo the Jew popularised the term Logos as a reference to the rational aspect of Yahweh.

So when John begins his gospel by taking us back to the very beginning – of time and of the world and the universe – he is using the term Logos in light of this thinking. So ‘In the beginning was the Word’ means ‘In the beginning was Logos’ which means ‘at the beginning of everything, there was the entity we know as God, who embodied, and created, the rational principle on which everything is founded’.

So much for ‘In the beginning was the Word’; but what about the next part of John’s sentence? How was ‘the Word’ with God as well as being God?

Well, as Asimov explains, at the time John was writing there were some philosophers who tried to keep God and Logos separate. Logos was not synonymous with God, but merely one power that he possessed, if you will. God, being spiritual, was removed from the rational and scientific processes of the world: he could not be associated with material things, as an elision of ‘God’ with ‘Logos’ would imply. These philosophers and mystics were known as ‘Gnostics’, from the Greek meaning ‘to know’.

For these Gnostics, because the world is material, God could not have been directly responsible for creating it. Instead, they believed some sub-divine and more malevolent entity had done that. Because the world is full of evil, the Gnostics reasoned, an evil being must have had a hand in its creation. Plato famously called this being the ‘Demiurge’. And for Gnostics, Yahweh – the Old Testament version of God – was really the Demiurge, this inferior being to the true God, and the Demiurge was the one who had brought the (flawed) world into being.

For the Gnostics, Jesus was the true God, as opposed to Yahweh, the creator and Demiurge. And the Gospel of John, and those opening lines, set themselves against such a Gnostic interpretation of God and Creation. God and Jesus, God and Logos, Logos and Jesus: all are one and the same.

Or, as John more poetically (but obscurely) puts it: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ That is, at the beginning of all things there was Logos, the creator of everything. And Logos was not only with God, but Logos was God. As the succeeding two verses of the Gospel of John make clear, Logos and God are the same being:

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same [i.e., Logos, the Word] was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

That is, Logos was God, and Logos made ‘all things’. God made all things, but God was Logos, or the Word.

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John 1:1 in my opinion is the most important verse in the entire gospel of John. When you understand what John 1:1 means you will see that it shapes the lens by which you must look at Jesus throughout the rest of the book. One of the most important truths about who Jesus is and the character and nature of God appear in these few words.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

This one verse establishes the Word as being both divine and eternal in nature. Everything you read after this must be filtered through this reality that the Word was God. Take every action, every miracle, every teaching, and everything Jesus does and view it with this truth and you will understand why John 1:1 means so much.

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What Does It Mean That «in the Beginning Was the Word?»

The opening stanza of John 1:1 is exactly the same as Genesis 1:1. Both begin with “in the beginning.” John says “in the beginning was the Word” while Genesis says “in the beginning God.” The first thing John is establishing is Christ’s presence during creation, which points to the eternal nature of Jesus. He didn’t just show up when Mary gave birth, he existed from eternity past. To an audience that had long held to God being creator, John is now putting Jesus on the same level. He is giving him a place of equality with God. This term “in the beginning was the word” is therefore a statement of equality. Jesus is not just the Word, he is the creator, equal with God.

When you think about Jesus being called the Word, consider how it plays out in creation. Do you remember how God created the heavens and the earth? He spoke words and creation happened. Genesis 1 is filled with God saying the words “let there be” and when he spoke the Word what he spoke happened. He used words to bring forth creation. I want you to consider that truth in light of John 1:3:

“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”

When you read this, it is clear to see that not only was Jesus present at creation, Jesus was responsible for creation. Jesus was the Word that was responsible for bringing forth everything that was made in creation.

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What Else Does John 1:1 Establish?

There is something else you will discover which helps us understand more of what John 1:1 means. When you look at this verse you see that it establishes a relationship between God and the Word. They are separate yet they are equal and connected to each other. John says the Word was with God. And he doesn’t say this once, he actually says this twice.

“He was with God in the beginning” (John 1:2).

Let’s begin to put this together a little more. We see clearly that the Word was both with God and also was God. This is a statement of co-existence and one of co-equality. In essence, John was saying in the beginning, God was with God. This ties back to the nature of who God is and is clarifying and pointing to the triune nature of God. I want to show you a simple comparison between these first two verses of John 1 with the first two verses of Genesis 1.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning” (John 1:1-2).

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Genesis 1:1-2).

When you put these verses together, God’s triune nature is on display. Please notice who was present at creation. God the Father was present. John tells us the Word or Jesus was present. Genesis 1:2 shows us the Holy Spirit was present. Here we see three distinct aspects that point to God’s triune nature. If you are not familiar with that term, it simply means that there is one God, yet he is revealed in three persons.

These three are distinct yet they are one, which is known as the doctrine of the trinity. In the introduction to God in Genesis and the introduction to Jesus in John, we are directed to consider the true nature of who God is.

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What Is the Context of ‘In the Beginning Was the Word’?

To give more context to this verse it is important to understand who John is writing to. His audience was most likely Jewish Christians. If they were Jewish converts, they would know and understand that the Old Testament clearly states there is only one God. Yet, here is John identifying Jesus as God and they were not confused, nor did they reject the idea. As you move further down into John you get to verse 14:

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

This verse works beautifully with John 1:1 because this Word who was present at the beginning and who was God now has appeared in the flesh and dwelt with us. Jesus taking on human flesh did not cause him to lose his divine nature. He was able to be fully God and fully man while he walked the earth. In fact, he carried in him the fullness of Godhead.

“For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God]” (Colossians 2:9, AMP).

What this means is that Jesus – who is the Word, God in flesh – was the full package. He carried in him the nature of God, the power of God, and the authority of God simply because he was God. John was not trying to hide this but was making it abundantly clear, and this is at the heart of what John 1:1 means.

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What Does ‘In the Beginning Was the Word’ Teach Us about the Nature of God?

When you read through the Bible it is clear that God has never attempted to hide who he is. He has been very clear in defining his character and his nature. To the people of Israel, God showed that he is the one and only God.

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4).

“You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other” (Deuteronomy 4:35).

The Bible is clear there is only one God and there is no God beside him. Yet the Bible clearly identifies Jesus as God in John 1. The Holy Spirit is also defined as God; you can see one instance of this in Acts 5:1-4. These instances make it clear to know there is one God revealed in three persons. They are all distinct yet equal and are eternal in nature and essence.

When you think about what John 1:1 means, it is about Jesus and it is also about the true nature of God. Jesus is established as God from his first introduction in this book, and as I said at the beginning, you must look at everything after it through this divine lens. God has revealed who he is, in the person of Jesus and as John says “we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

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Clarence L. Haynes Jr. is a speaker, Bible teacher, and co-founder of The Bible Study Club. He is the author of The Pursuit of Purpose which will help you understand how God leads you into his will. He has also just released his new book The Pursuit of Victory: How To Conquer Your Greatest Challenges and Win In Your Christian Life. Do you want to go deeper in your walk with the Lord but can’t seem to overcome the stuff that keeps getting in the way? This book will teach you how to put the pieces together so you can live a victorious Christian life and finally become the man or woman of God that you truly desire to be. To learn more about his ministry please visit clarencehaynes.com.

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The Gospel of John is the most mysterious of all the gospel accounts of the life of Christ. John often employs language that is philosophical, even mystical. The very first words of the gospel offer a mystery that is fascinating.

What exactly does John mean by these opening words, how is it connected to ancient philosophy, and what does it tell us about Christ?

The Meaning of John 1:1

John likely wrote his gospel while living at Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey, approximately around AD 70. Ephesus was a cosmopolitan harbor city, founded by Greeks, and as a trade port saw many of the intellectual advancements of the time make their way to the city, as well as various pagan cults.

It was well known for its temple of Diana, which was one of the seven wonders of the world, and for its open-air theater, seating up to 25,000 people.

Not only was Ephesus well known for the various pagan cults, each with its own temple, but also for its library and many notable figures who lived there.

Philosophy was a particular love of many of its pagan citizens, and the city boasted the philosopher Heraclitus (535-475 BC) as a native son.

During the first century, the great Sophist philosopher Publius Hordeonius Lollianus lived and taught there as well. It is in this city that John lived and, as tradition tells us, took care of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

It is Hercalitus who is perhaps of most significance for us since it seems obvious that John must have been familiar with his writings, as it is Heraclitus who first advanced the concept of the “Logos.” It is the exact word John uses in his gospel that is translated as “the Word” in the Bible.

And Logos is an amazing choice of words, as John is clearly sending a message to the educated Hellenistic Jews and Gentiles of his time and place, and connects Jesus to an even greater concept than we might imagine.

The Importance of Logos in Philosophy

The Apostle Paul, himself, very likely familiar with the writings of classical philosophers, advanced the concept of natural revelation when he wrote his epistle to the Romans, saying that God’s unseen power and divine nature were clearly understood by those who examine carefully the created world (Romans 1:20).

Natural revelation is, then, something that most can attain to by the use of the God-given faculties of intellect and reason alone, allowing us to comprehend certain things about God, albeit in a sort of “seeing through a glass darkly” way. It is just this sort of natural revelation that the Logos in Greek philosophy represents.

The word “Logos” can be translated as “ground,” “reason,” or “word.” In Heraclitus’ teachings, it meant the divine principle of order and reason in the cosmos. Stoic philosophers used the term “Logos Spermatikos,” meaning the “generative principle of the cosmos,” a philosophical way of saying the life of all things.

Interestingly, in Stoic philosophy, not only was the Logos the active principle of reason pervading the entirety of creation but was also to be found, in a somewhat different measure, in man, bringing to mind the indwelling of God in the believer (John 14:17).

Philo of Alexandria (AD 20-50), a Jewish philosopher, taught that the Logos was a divine being that acted as an intercessor between God and man.

Again, this connects very well with Sacred Scripture (1 Timothy 2:5). If we look farther East, we see a parallel concept in ancient Chinese philosophy. Lao Tzu developed the concept of the “Tao,” the “Way” that controls the entirety of totality.

The concept of the Tao is so intimately connected to the Greek concept of the Logos, that Chinese translations of the New Testament frequently translate John 1:1-3 and other verses wherein the Word or Way are mentioned, employing the word “Tao.”

This natural revelation, specifically in the Logos idea, is one, which the early church embraced wholeheartedly.

Athenagoras writes, “The Son of God is the Logos of the Father, in idea and in operation…The Understanding and Reason of the Father is the Son of God.” Athenagoras is clearly making a connection here to Heraclitus’ definition of the Logos.

Origen refers to the same concept when he writes, “He is called the Logos because He takes away from us all that is irrational and makes us truly reasonable.”

And finally, Lactantius writes, “For Logos means both speech and reason. And He is both the Voice and Wisdom of God.” These concepts pointed so clearly to Christ that some Church Fathers considered certain philosophers to have been proto-Christian.

For example, Justin Martyr, himself, a converted philosopher, wrote of Heraclitus and Socrates in his “First Apology,” saying they were Christians before the advent of Jesus, and “those who lived reasonably are Christians, even though they have been thought atheists; as, among the Greeks, Socrates, and Heraclitus, and men like them.”

Jesus Is the Word

With that said, John’s use of the word Logos is filled with much more meaning than perhaps many would at first expect.

While it is certainly true that Jesus is God’s Word to humanity, the apostle was clearly getting at other, perhaps deeper truths. John points us to the Logos as not only the generative principle of the universe but as God-the Incarnate God, Jesus Christ.

This takes in all of the definitions of Logos used by these classic philosophers since Christ would indeed be the principle of order and reason in the cosmos, as well as its generative source. Sacred Scripture confirms for us that Jesus is:

Creator of the cosmos (Colossians 1:16)
God Incarnate (John 1:1-3; John 8:58; Titus 2:13; Colossians 2:9)
The Ground of Being (1 Corinthians 8:6; Revelation 22:13)

John’s use of the word “Logos” is masterful and points to the divine inspiration of the gospel that bears his name, as it has been instrumental throughout the history of the church in reaching philosophers, those in pagan religions that valued natural revelation, and others, with the truths of the life, death, resurrection, and powerful identity of Jesus Christ.

*Note: All Patristic quotes taken from “A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs,” 2014, Hendrickson Publishers.

For further reading:

What Does it Mean That the Word of God Is Alive?

What Does it Mean That the Word Became Flesh?

Why Did Paul Compare Christianity to Greek Mythology?

Can Someone Be Saved by Just Seeing Creation?

What Is the Creation Story in the Bible?

Was the Holy Spirit at Creation?

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J. Davila-Ashcraft is an Anglican priest, Theologian, and Apologist, and holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies and Theology from God’s Bible College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a recognized authority on the topic of exorcism, and in that capacity has contributed to and/or appeared on programming for The National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, and CNN. He is the host of Expedition Truth, a one-hour apologetics radio talk show.

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— in [adjective]

preposition: в, на, по, во, при, с, у, из, через, в течение

adverb: внутри, согласно, внутрь, в дом, в наличии, дома, в моде, в прессе, на станции, на службе

noun: связи, влияние

adjective: расположенный внутри, направленный внутрь, прибывающий, находящийся у власти, для узкого круга, модный

changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries — изменения в доле участия в дочерних
in bulgarian — в болгаркой
in organising — в организации
in electricity — в электроэнергии
in brain — в головном мозге
in perpetuating — увековечить
in limine — в Limine
michael in — майкл в
in cozumel — в Косумель
in nairobi in september — в Найроби в сентябре

at the highest point of the struggle — в разгаре борьбы
on the face of the income statement — на лице о прибылях и убытках
the cost of an acquisition is measured as the aggregate — стоимость приобретения определяется как совокупность
payable on the taxable income for the year, using tax — подлежащий уплате с налогооблагаемого дохода за год, используя налог
reservations to the convention on the prevention — оговорки к Конвенции о предотвращении
on the other side of the globe — на другой стороне земного шара
the role of parents in the family — роль родителей в семье
the official residence of the president — официальная резиденция президента
from the rest of the family — от остальной части семьи
during the rest of the day — в остальное время суток

— beginning [noun]

noun: начало, истоки, возникновение, начальная стадия, происхождение, источник

adjective: начинающий

beginning stage — начальная стадия
a good beginning makes a good ending — хорошее начало полдела откачало
beginning of business — начало бизнеса
beginning of may — начало мая
in the beginning god created the heaven — В начале Бог сотворил небо
from the beginning of the project — с самого начала проекта
take place at the beginning — иметь место в начале
from the beginning of 2010 — с начала 2010 года
can be the beginning — может быть началом
indicating the beginning of — указывающий на начало

was cascaded — был каскадным
was fundamental — основополагающее значение
was assigned — был назначен
was bright — был яркий
was suppressed — был подавлен
was reprimanded — был объявлен выговор
was cooling — охлаждал
was nil — был равен нулю
was obscured — был закрыт
was begotten — был рожден

— word [noun]

noun: слово, речь, текст, известие, обещание, замечание, пароль, разговор, девиз, лозунг

verb: вести, сформулировать, выражать словами, подбирать выражения

word of god — Слово Божие
a good word — хорошее слово
word history — история слова
use the word — употребить слово
word went out — Слово вышло
getting a word in edgeways — получение вставить слово
word of mouth from — из уст в уста от
any word from — любое слово из
language the word — язык слово
be not the word for it — не то слово

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This meeting on interfaith dialogue must be the beginning of a new journey for our nations, in the immortal word of my beloved wife, a journey of reconciliation.	Это заседание по межрелигиозному диалогу должно быть началом нового путешествия для наших государств, путешествия, по остающемуся вечно живым выражению моей любимой жены, проникнутого идеями примирения.
It’s meant to be the beginning of a conversation, not the final word.	Это лишь начало беседы, а не последнее ее слово .
From the beginning of this miserable tale to the last melancholy scene, I cannot think of a single line, a single word, that does not chill me to my deepest bones.	От самого начала этой грустной истории, и до ее печального конца, я не припомню ни единой фразы, ни единого слова , не вызывавшего во мне дрожь.
But there is a quite interesting fact about a new word that is beginning to replace ‘congress’.	Весьма интересный факт связан с новым словом , которое вытесняет конгресс.
And you’re beginning to think that maybe my word is dubious.	А ты начинаешь сомневаться в моих словах .
Volka even remembered the beginning of the chapter on India word for word as it was in his book.	Начало билета Волька даже помнил слово в слово по учебнику.
Can begin by slowly explaining in the most basic terms each of those things, beginning with the word non-profit?	Объясните медленно и как можно проще все эти термины, начиная с термина некоммерческий.
When the capitalization or emphasis does not span the entire word, the beginning and end is marked with a hyphen.	Если заглавная буква или ударение не охватывают всего слова , то начало и конец помечаются дефисом.
Elder John Krestiankin in his word about spiritual guiding says that the most dangerous time in relation to prelest is the beginning of the spiritual life.	Старец Иоанн Крестьянкин в Своем Слове о духовном руководстве говорит, что самое опасное время по отношению к прелести — это начало духовной жизни.
The diagram shows that the MP3 Header consists of a sync word, which is used to identify the beginning of a valid frame.	На диаграмме показано, что заголовок MP3 состоит из слова синхронизации, которое используется для идентификации начала допустимого кадра.
Before a word beginning with a vowel, some of the determiners have elided forms, or require a linking consonant.	Перед словом , начинающимся с гласной, некоторые определители имеют элиминированные формы или требуют связывающего согласного.
Though it contained only 2,449 words, and no word beginning with the letters W, X, or Y, this was the first monolingual English dictionary.	Хотя в нем было всего 2449 слов и ни одного слова , начинающегося с букв W, X или Y, это был первый одноязычный словарь английского языка.
I have removed the word ‘controversial’ from the beginning of the section.	Я удалил слово спорный из начала раздела.
The Cynic’s Word Book contained 521 definitions, but only for words beginning with “A” through “L.	Книга слов циника содержала 521 определение, но только для слов, начинающихся от А до л.
A consonant before a vowel, or a consonant cluster at the beginning of a word, is placed in the same syllable as the following vowel.	Согласная перед гласной или группа согласных в начале слова помещается в том же слоге, что и следующая гласная.
After beginning a re-read of the lede, I noticed the same word spelled two different ways.	Начав перечитывать лед, я заметил, что одно и то же слово пишется двумя разными способами.
A double consonant at the beginning of a word counts as a mora.	Двойной согласный в начале слова считается как Мора.
On the other hand, other consonants are often silent when they precede an ⟨n⟩ at the beginning of an English word.	С другой стороны, другие согласные часто молчат, когда они предшествуют ⟨n⟩ в начале английского слова .
It is also considered poor form for the break to appear at the beginning or end of a word.	Чтобы избежать двусмысленности, юристы часто предлагали пары слов из разных языков.

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The Bible is the story of God’s plan to redeem His people. It reveals who He is and who we truly are in Him.

The whole of Scripture tells the story of Jesus Christ, the ultimate expression of God’s love for us. When John refers to Jesus as “the Word,” he speaks of the Word that was made flesh, and came to live among us (John 1:14). This Word, manifested in the person of Jesus Christ, is the fulfillment of the covenant God made with His people, giving them and all who believe the promise of life with Him.

God is not a God of coincidence or chaos, and Jesus was no coincidence. John’s words show us that Jesus was with God in the beginning. He is God, one with God, and the life He came to live on this earth was a part of a glorious plan from the beginning.

What Was The «The Beginning»?

The Greek word John used here means “the first to do something, to begin.” This teaches us that God is the great initiator of all we know. As the Creator of the World, God was there in the beginning, making a way for us.

“Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.” (John 13:5)

Another understanding of the Greek origin of the word ‘beginning’ is “to be chief, to lead, or to rule.” Jesus flipped preconceived notions of leadership when He, the teacher, knelt to wash His followers’ feet. The daily accumulation of dust on the soles of our feet is rinsed and removed by the tender care of Christ. From the beginning, God planned to renew and restore us through His Word, Jesus. The most important cleansing, the war for our souls, required a spotless sacrifice.

Jesus Christ alone lived a spotless, sinless life. To be lifted high by the Father, He bent low. John the Baptist humbly baptized the one he had been preparing the way for! Jesus led with an assertive humility, confident in who He was.

From the beginning, God went before us. He aims to gather each precious sheep, shepherding us home to heaven—a path we could never pave for ourselves.

What was «The Word»? (and how was it «with God»?)

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield…” (Psalm 84:11a)

God spoke the world into existence. “Let there be light” was His first command (Genesis 1:3). It separated light from darkness.

“Philosophers employed logos, or ‘word,’ for the divine reason that orders the universe” (NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible).Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), forever removed from the shadows.

The Greek translation of ‘word’ is logos, meaning word, message, or report. “According to John, this logos was in the beginning, was with God, and was God himself” (Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary).

The Spirit of God hovered over the waters (Genesis 1:2), and “the Word was with God”(John 1:1). The triune God, from the very beginning, was present at Creation. The NIV Study Bible Notes say this of Genesis 1:1-6: “God’s ‘separating’ and ‘gathering’ on days 1-3 gave form, and his ‘making’ and ‘filling’ on days 4-6 removed the emptiness.”

He who made us fills us, removing our emptiness through salvation in Christ. Every note of creation reflects God’s love for us.

Jesus, the ultimate expression of that love, is evident from the very beginning. Matthew Henry’s Commentary states that “The plainest reason why the Son of God is called the Word, seems to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the Son of God sent in order to reveal his Father’s mind to the world.”

“Light is necessary for making God’s creative works visible and life possible.”(NIV Study Bible Notes, Genesis 1:3)

“Light has come into the world.” (John 3:19)

Jesus, the Word, illuminates the Truth of Scripture, by which we learn the character of God. Jesus, Himself, said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). The Holy Spirit, available to us through Jesus’ death on the cross, allows a brightened perspective, enlightened by the Word of God—Jesus.

“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of the darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6) Through us, the light of life shines to others! We stand out, shine bright, and illuminate. Each life is purposed for work in the furthering of the gospel. The gifts written on our hearts by the Word bring God’s love and light to the world. All we are and all we do is to honor Him.

«The Word was God»

“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17)

God is omnipotent and sovereign, two characteristics addressed in the cross-reference in John 1:1. The Word, Logos, Jesus Christ, is before all things and holds all things together. The Son of God is the fulfillment of God’s covenant with His people:

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be by people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and his brother, saying ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” (Jeremiah 31:33-34)

The law within us, written on our hearts, is the Word of God—Jesus Christ. By Him, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us from salvation, we interpret God’s law. Through our Christ-centered lives, the Great Commission to spread the gospel truth (Matthew 28:16-20) illuminates the world. The Word is before all things, holding all things together.

John 1:1 powerfully inaugurates John’s eyewitness and Holy Spirit-inspired account of Christ’s life. “In the beginning” is “a deliberate echo of Genesis 1:1 to link God’s action on behalf of the world through Jesus Christ with his first work, the creation of the world” (NIV Study Bible Notes).John’s testimony is especially tender, because of his friendship with Christ. He was the only one left at the foot of the cross with Mary and Christ’s best friend on this earth. John’s kinship with the one, triune God seeped into his bones and leapt out of his heart. Though omnipotent and sovereign, our God is a personal God.

In the words of John Piper, “Christ was not made. That is what it means to be God. And the Word was God.”

“Megs” writes about everyday life within the love of Christ. She stepped out of her comfort zone, and her Marketing career, to obey God’s call to stay home and be “Mom” in 2011. From that step of obedience her blog, Sunny&80, was born, a way to retain the funny everyday moments of motherhood. Meg is also a freelance writer and author of Friends with Everyone. She loves teaching God’s Word and leading her Monday morning Bible study, being a mom, distance running, and photography. Meg resides in Northern Ohio with her husband, two daughters, and Golden-Doodle—all avid Cleveland Browns fans.

This article is part of our larger resource library of popular Bible verse phrases and quotes. We want to provide easy to read articles that answer your questions about the meaning, origin and history of specific verses within Scripture context. It is our hope that these will help you better understand the meaning and purpose of God’s Word in relation to your life today.

«Be Still and Know that I Am God»
«Pray Without Ceasing»
«Fearfully and Wonderfully Made»
«Faith Without Works is Dead»
«Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart»
«All Things Work Together for Good»
«Be Strong and Courageous»

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2021
12 Mar

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” – John 1:1

The Gospel of John opens with the same three words that the book of Genesis opens with. In the beginning. There is so much theology in this one verse so let’s jump right in and start unpacking it.

What Does the ‘In the Beginning Was the Word’ Mean in John 1:1?

This verse is very clear, and it is making a simple comparison. The Word, who we will define in a moment was present at the beginning. This Word was with God or co-equal with God. This Word was God. What John is establishing is the fact that the Word was present from the very beginning. This is making a statement of equivalency that lines up with Genesis 1. Genesis 1:1 says in the beginning God. John 1:1 says in the beginning was the Word. John in making this comparison is simply saying that the Word who was present at the beginning was God. This is what it means that the word was in the beginning.

Who Is the Word?

At this point, all we know is that the Word was present in the beginning and that the Word was God. This leads to an important question. Who is the Word? If you look further in the same chapter you get the answer.

«The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.» – John 1:14

We know that the Word who became flesh is Jesus Christ. He is God who took on human flesh or human form. He did that as a way to reveal the Father, which John mentions just a few verses later.

«No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.» – John 1:18

3 Important Reasons That the Word Was in the Beginning

There is a significant importance to the Word being present in the beginning. There are some very important characteristics related to who Jesus Christ really is. Let’s mark three of them.

1. Christ as Creator

Because the Word was in the beginning, this establishes Jesus as Creator. In the very next two verses, John proceeds to say this.

«He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.» – John 1:2-3

Jesus was not only present at creation, but he was also responsible for creation. This also points to the triune nature of God which we see from the opening pages of Scripture. Let me take you back to Genesis for a moment.

«In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.» – Genesis 1:1-2

When you put together Genesis 1 and John 1 notice who was present at creation. God the Father was present. God the Son, Jesus, was present. Also present was God the Holy Spirit. This is all presented in the very first two verses of Scripture. God reveals who he is from the very beginning. What John says in John 1 confirms what is present and happening in Genesis 1. Jesus is responsible for creation. Paul later confirms this again in Colossians.

«The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.» – Colossians 1:15-16

Many people have a difficult time understanding this triune nature of God and because they don’t understand it they choose to reject it. However, when you return to the Scriptures this truth becomes evident and it was there in the beginning.

2. Christ as Eternal

The second thing we learn from the Word being present in the beginning is Jesus’ eternal nature. Jesus did not begin when he was born of the virgin Mary. He had existed eternally before that. How else could be called Creator if he did not exist before the creation of the world? The Bible further points to Jesus’ eternal nature. One example is found in the book of Revelation. I want you to pay attention to the declaration made at the beginning and the end of the book.

«I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.» – Revelation 1:8

«Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.» – Revelation 22:12-13

These two verses are not only statements of equivalency, but they point to the eternal nature of Jesus. He was there in eternity past and he will be there in eternity future. This is why in John 8:58, Jesus can refer to himself as I Am. Before the world was created, he was I Am. After the world was created, he was I Am. In this very moment, he is I Am. For all eternity he will be I Am. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He has been and always will be because he is eternal in nature.

3. Christ as God: Equal but Distinct

The last thing that John establishes in John 1:1 was that the Word was in the beginning, and the Word was God. This clearly points to the divine nature of Jesus. Again this is revealing the triune nature of God. It is further evidenced because in John 1:1 he says that the Word was with God in the beginning. The Word was God, meaning co-equal and at the same time, the Word was with God, meaning distinct. If you haven’t figured it out yet this is why it is sometimes referred to as the mystery of the Godhead. God is revealed in three distinct persons yet there is one God. It is a mystery, yet it is a truth revealed in Scripture. Christ is the Word, which is God, that became flesh and in him dwelt all the fullness of God, which is what Paul attests to.

«For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].» – Colossians 2:9 (AMP)

I will admit this is challenging for many to figure out but this is how God has revealed himself in Scripture. I don’t know if we will figure it all out in our limited capacity on this side of eternity but be careful of making the mistake of thinking that since you can’t figure it out it must not be true. Not being able to understand a truth does not cancel out that truth.

Why Does John Call Jesus the Word

As you can see John 1:1 is a short verse that packs a lot of punch. It means a lot that the Word was in the beginning. Jesus is God, co-equal yet distinct. He is the Creator who willingly took on human flesh to become like those he created so he could redeem those who were lost. He is the one who stepped out of eternity into time to rescue those bound by time and destined to be separated from him for all eternity. He is the Word who was there at the beginning. He is the Word, who is God who will be there when at the end. I leave you with this portion of Scripture from Hebrews.

«But about the Son he says,

‘Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.’

He also says,

‘In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.’” – Hebrews 1:8-12

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This article is part of our larger resource library of popular Bible verse phrases and quotes. We want to provide easy to read articles that answer your questions about the meaning, origin, and history of specific verses within Scripture’s context. It is our hope that these will help you better understand the meaning and purpose of God’s Word in relation to your life today.

«Be Still and Know that I Am God»
«Pray Without Ceasing»
«Fearfully and Wonderfully Made»
«All Things Work Together for Good»
«Do Not Fear»

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This biblical phrase says that first God pronounced the words, and then according to what was said, the earth’s firmament, water, etc., was formed. Hence, the Word was primary.

This leads to reflections on the importance of language, speech, human words. No wonder they say that you can kill a word. But a word can and be revived. Only these words will be different. Or they will be said differently.

Language is a living organism. He is in constant movement: some words are born, others die, others pass from one language to another, the fourth change the style affiliation. This continuous dynamics is the life of language. Involve it with decrees, bans, decisions, decisions is futile. Inside the language, according to K. Chukovsky, self-regulation works. This is a phenomenon: the process of renewing a language is opposed by a tendency to resist innovation. Live as life, language creates barriers that prevent too fast and erratic renewal of speech. Without this, the language

would lose its integral character and in the 21st century we would not understand the poetry of the founder of the Russian literary language of the great AS Pushkin. Thanks to this trend, the language, no matter how it changes, retains its national laws, remains stable. One of the most extensive ways of enriching any language is borrowing. Especially at the present time, when the exchange of information has become a fast and all-encompassing medium of international communication. As a result, foreign words are more active than before, they enter their native language, adapt to it. All attempts Russophiles to replace the Russian words that exist in Russian are doomed to failure, and most importantly, they are not needed. In the language, the word that best expresses the concept embodied in it and which is more convenient in use will take root. Never the word “pavement” in Russian will be replaced by the word “trampling” (this word was suggested by the champions of the purity of the Russian language in the XIX century, and the word “archipelago” – the word “multi-island”.

when the exchange of information became a fast and all-encompassing medium of international communication. As a result, foreign words are more active than before, they enter their native language, adapt to it. All attempts Russophiles to replace the Russian words that exist in Russian are doomed to failure, and most importantly, they are not needed. In the language, the word that best expresses the concept embodied in it and which is more convenient in use will take root. Never the word “pavement” in Russian will be replaced by the word “trampling” (this word was suggested by the champions of the purity of the Russian language in the XIX century, and the word “archipelago” – the word “multi-island”. when the exchange of information became a fast and all-encompassing medium of international communication. As a result, foreign words are more active than before, they enter their native language, adapt to it. All attempts Russophiles to replace the Russian words that exist in Russian are doomed to failure, and most importantly, they are not needed. In the language, the word that best expresses the concept embodied in it and which is more convenient in use will take root. Never the word “pavement” in Russian will be replaced by the word “trampling” (this word was suggested by the champions of the purity of the Russian language in the XIX century, and the word “archipelago” – the word “multi-island”. adapt to it. All attempts Russophiles to replace the Russian words that exist in Russian are doomed to failure, and most importantly, they are not needed. In the language, the word that best expresses the concept embodied in it and which is more convenient in use will take root. Never the word “pavement” in Russian will be replaced by the word “trampling” (this word was suggested by the champions of the purity of the Russian language in the XIX century, and the word “archipelago” – the word “multi-island”. adapt to it. All attempts Russophiles to replace the Russian words that exist in Russian are doomed to failure, and most importantly, they are not needed. In the language, the word that best expresses the concept embodied in it and which is more convenient in use will take root. Never the word “pavement” in Russian will be replaced by the word “trampling” (this word was suggested by the champions of the purity of the Russian language in the XIX century, and the word “archipelago” – the word “multi-island”.

Of course, you do not need to fill out your native speech without using foreign words. Now it is widespread: use a foreign word instead of an equivalent native, as a tribute to the fashion for everything Western. This has already happened in the history of the Russian language. Ends with all language self-regulation. A vivid example of this: a foreign-language “airplane” and the Russian “aircraft.” Both words live in the book. But have you ever heard the phrase: “I bought a ticket for an airplane” or “Fly with airplanes!”? The Russian word “airplane” turned out to be preferable in all cases, it is in active use, and foreign language is in the passive. But more often than not we do not feel borrowing, because the word has long entered our language, has long become its own. Here, for example, the word “barn”. Only linguists know, that it came to us through the Turkic language from Persian, where the “palace, the chamber” mattered. I managed to learn about this from an etymological dictionary. This word we consider our own. Here is the confirmation that the language is alive, like life.

Concluding, I want to say: “How wise was the Creator, that he began with the Word!” He gave us the joy of communicating with each other, the joy of reading. And the opportunity to listen to the Word of God and turn to the Lord with words of repentance and supplication.

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God”18

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the

prism of understanding a

word

as“home”, where language

is the

reflection of divinity.

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is,

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the

father.

который, в конце концов, отец ее ребенка в Евангелии от Иоанна« слово»- Бог Отец.

Как мы уже видели в Иоанна 1: 1- 3,

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the

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the

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the Word

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was

with God in

the

beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing

was

made that has

been

made. 4 In him

was

life,

and

that life

was the

light of all mankind.

В начале было Слово, и Слово

было

у Бога,

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было Бог 2 Оно

было

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у Бога 3 Все чрез Него начало

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4 В Нем

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жизнь,

жизнь

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свет человеков 5

свет во тьме светит,

тьма не объяла его.

Начальные слова Марка, Initium evangelii(« Начало Евангелия»), Луки, Quoniam quidem multi(« Как уже многие»), и Иоанна, In principio erat verbum,(« В начале было Слово») отделаны в том же стиле.

then this shows you one of

the

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the

person of Christ.

Таким образом, если Евангелист Иоанн говорит,« В начале было Слово» и во втором стихе объясняет« Он был в начале»( англ.),

то это указывает нам на одну из тайн Личности Христа.

Among

the

implemented joint projects: video lectures, exhibitions,

the

opening of a children’s multimedia studio»In the beginning was the Word» for pupils of Sunday schools parishes of

the

Diocese of Tikhvin and correctional schools,

В числе совместных реализованных проектов- видеолектории, выставки,

открытие детской мультимедийной студии« В начале было Слово» для учащихся воскресных школ приходов Тихвинской епархии и коррекционных школ.

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the

evangelist John says,»In the beginning was the Word» and explains it in

the

second verse by saying»He

was

the

beginning», then this shows you one of

the

secrets of

the

person of Christ. He proceeds from

the

Father as a normal

word

comes out of one’s mouth.

Таким образом, если Евангелист Иоанн говорит,« В начале было Слово» и во втором стихе объясняет« Он был в начале»( англ.), то это указывает нам на одну из тайн Личности Христа.

the

Festive Hall of

the

State History Museum on

В Парадных Сенях Государственного исторического

музея 23 мая состоялся концерт« Вначале было слово», посвященный Дню славянской письменности и культуры.

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essential of this word was 113[the numerical value of that

word]

from the beginning, and carried with it

the

elements of

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Основанием этого слова от начала было 113[ числовое значение этого

слова]

и носило в себе элементы космической проявленной системы» 1323.

The

brackets around paragraphs 4

and

13 of

the

draft resolution should

removed, and paragraph 13 should begin with the words“Takes note of” instead of“Notes”.

Скобки, в которые заключены пункты 4

и 13 проекта резолюции, следует убрать, а пункт 13 должен начинаться словами» принимает к сведению»,

не словом» отмечает.

Three revisions had

been

made to

the

text: in paragraph 9,

the

phrase“to promote

the

coordination of”

was

replaced by“to coordinate”; in paragraph 14,

the

text beginning with the words“nevertheless, considering” to

the

end of

the

paragraph

was

deleted;

and

in paragraph 17, the word“with”

was

replaced by

the

word“including”.

Что в текст были внесены три изменения: в пункте 9 слова» содействовать координации деятельности» следует заменить словами» координировать деятельность»;

из пункта 14 следует исключить всю фразу, начинающуюся со слов» вместе с тем, учитывая» до конца пункта; в пункте 17 слово» содержащий» заменено словом» включая.

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name Roman provinces Moesia on

the

Balkans

and

Black Sea has got nominal value

the

Messiah,

Rescue, and word Moesiea began to

used by Christians

and

Jews as man name Moses.

Название римской провинции Моисея( Мезия) на Балканах приобрело нарицательное значение Мессия, Спасение,

а само слово Моисея стало употребляться христианами и евреями как мужское имя Моисей.

After

the

first words were written,

the

stream

began

to flow, and both the“Eleven Stanzas”

and

the“Eight Stanzas” came into

being.

Когда были записаны первые слова, остальные полились потоком, и так появились« Одиннадцать Строф» и« Восемь Строф».

the

paragraph

was

maintained, he suggested that

the

first part should

deleted,

and

the

paragraph should begin with the words«The Committee emphasizes that

the

State party

responsible for ensuring.

Если этот пункт будет сохранен, он предлагает опустить его первую часть

и начать формулировку пункта словами» Комитет подчеркивает, что государство- участник несет

ответственность за обеспечение.

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