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English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

English Standard Version (Chapter 1)

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God

John I. Introduction: Confusing Pictures

In the first eighteen verses of his book, John introduces the Lord. He begins by proclaiming that Jesus reveals God the Father and tells us that when he came to earth, God’s Son showed the human race what the Father was like—eternal, personal, and the source of all life. The word life appears no fewer than thirty-six times in this Gospel along with several other key words. We could say that life establishes the central theme for the book.

John wanted to get to the answer for the question who is Jesus Christ?

John uses the “the word” to represent Christ. Vs. 1 highlights the eternality of Christ.

See: Colossians 1:16

The greek word for witness here it testify