The Word (Logos)

Illustration of The Word (Logos)

John opens his Gospel by identifying Jesus as the eternal Word: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.' Through him all things were made, and 'the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.' The title declares both Jesus' full deity and his role as God's ultimate self-expression to humanity.

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John 1

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The Word Was God

John 1:1-5

John identifies Jesus as the eternal Word through whom all things were made - fully God, and the light of men.

I1n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by 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 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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1

The Greek term is 'Logos' - reason, word, the ordering principle of the universe.

2

John's 'In the beginning' deliberately echoes the opening words of Genesis.

3

The Word 'was God' yet 'was with God' - a cornerstone of the doctrine of the Trinity.

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'The Word was made flesh' is the Bible's clearest statement of the incarnation.