The Word Became Flesh: John 1:1-18

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

In the beginning. John reaches back before Bethlehem, before creation, before time itself. The opening echoes Genesis—in the beginning—but goes further. Before anything was made, the Word already was.

The Word—Logos in Greek. Reason, expression, communication. God's self-revelation, his articulate presence. And this Word was with God—distinct personhood, face-to-face relationship. And the Word was God—full deity, not lesser divinity.

He was with God in the beginning.