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John 1:1-5

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

Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God. 

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

Joh 1:4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 

Joh 1:5  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 

John 1:1 ESV

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

There are 3 statements in this verse:

a) In the beginning was the Word (v.1a)

With evident allusion to the first word of Genesis. (Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.) But John elevates the phrase from its reference to a point of time, the beginning of creation, to the time of absolute pre-existence before any creation, which is not mentioned until verse. 3. This beginning had no beginning.

The word (Jesus) (gave it a state of existence). This expression (The Word-Logos) is the keynote and theme of the entire gospel.