# John 1.1-2 **Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > **1. In 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 through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. 4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:1-4, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > **1. In 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 through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:1-4, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > **1. In 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. (John 1:1-4, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > **1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; 2. this one was in the beginning with God;** > > 3. all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened. 4. In him was life, and the life was the light of men, (John 1:1-4, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater](/codex/anointing-implies-subordination-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Anyone Who Affirms Universals Must Affirm God](/codex/anyone-who-affirms-universals-must-affirm-god/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from Cosmology (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-cosmology-guillen/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from Intelligibility](/codex/argument-from-intelligibility/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from Mathematical Truth](/codex/argument-from-mathematical-truth/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from Mathematics (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-mathematics-guillen/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from Neuroscience (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-neuroscience-guillen/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from Origin of Life](/codex/argument-from-origin-of-life/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from Physics (Guillen)](/codex/argument-from-physics-guillen/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from the Apophatic Limit of Formal Systems](/codex/argument-from-the-apophatic-limit-of-formal-systems/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from the Confession-Catharsis Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-confession-catharsis-convergence/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from the Continuance of Being](/codex/argument-from-the-continuance-of-being/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from the Costly-Signal Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-costly-signal-convergence/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Argument from the Genetic Code](/codex/argument-from-the-genetic-code/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from the Impossibility of an Actual Infinite Past](/codex/argument-from-the-impossibility-of-an-actual-infinite-past/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Argument from the Observer-Demand Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-observer-demand-convergence/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Argument from the Pre-Given Logos](/codex/argument-from-the-pre-given-logos/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Argument from the Reality of Mathematical Infinity](/codex/argument-from-the-reality-of-mathematical-infinity/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-trans-instinctual-agency-convergence/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from the Universal Storytelling Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-storytelling-convergence/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [Cambrian Explosion Argument](/codex/cambrian-explosion-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Common Design vs Common Descent Argument](/codex/common-design-vs-common-descent-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Convergent Evolution as Design Signal Argument](/codex/convergent-evolution-as-design-signal-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Hand of God Argument](/codex/hand-of-god-argument/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Information Argument](/codex/information-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-has-a-god-therefore-not-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Jesus Never Claimed to Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-claimed-to-be-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Kalam Cosmological Argument](/codex/kalam-cosmological-argument/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Manuscript Variants Bible Corruption Objection Defeater](/codex/manuscript-variants-bible-corruption-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Miller-Urey Reframe Argument](/codex/miller-urey-reframe-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Molecular Machines Argument](/codex/molecular-machines-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Nag Hammadi Suppressed Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/nag-hammadi-suppressed-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Necessary Being is an Intelligent Mind](/codex/necessary-being-is-an-intelligent-mind/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Necessity of the Incarnation](/codex/necessity-of-the-incarnation/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Orphan Genes Argument](/codex/orphan-genes-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Performative Self-Refutation of Atheist Denial](/codex/performative-self-refutation-of-atheist-denial/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Protein Sequence Space Argument](/codex/protein-sequence-space-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Quinean Rejection of Modal Logic Objection Defeater](/codex/quinean-rejection-of-modal-logic-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Quran Confirms Jesus is God Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-jesus-is-god-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Quran Confirms the Trinity Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-the-trinity-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [RNA World Failure Argument](/codex/rna-world-failure-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Signature in the Cell Argument](/codex/signature-in-the-cell-argument/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Six Day Creation Falsified Objection Defeater](/codex/six-day-creation-falsified-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Stealing from God Argument](/codex/stealing-from-god-argument/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Transcendental Argument for God](/codex/transcendental-argument-for-god/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Trinity Coherence Defense (Latin-Thomist)](/codex/trinity-coherence-defense-latin-thomist/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Trinity Invented at Nicaea Objection Defeater](/codex/trinity-invented-at-nicaea-objection-defeater/) - [Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater](/codex/unitarian-oneness-binitarian-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Universal Probability Bound](/codex/universal-probability-bound/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Why Didnt Jesus Write Anything Himself Objection Defeater](/codex/why-didnt-jesus-write-anything-himself-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) **Concepts:** - [Abiogenesis](/codex/abiogenesis/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Abiogenesis Under the Microscope](/codex/abiogenesis-under-the-microscope/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Arianism](/codex/arianism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Big Bang](/codex/big-bang/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem](/codex/borde-guth-vilenkin-theorem/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Christ is God](/codex/christ-is-god/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Christian Discernment](/codex/christian-discernment/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Doctrine](/codex/doctrine/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Equivocation](/codex/equivocation/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Genesis Hermeneutics](/codex/genesis-hermeneutics/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Hypostatic Union](/codex/hypostatic-union/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Idealism](/codex/idealism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Information Argument for Design](/codex/information-argument-for-design/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Islamic Dilemma](/codex/islamic-dilemma/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Jehovahs Witnesses](/codex/jehovahs-witnesses/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [Kalimatullah](/codex/kalimatullah/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Kantian Critique of Natural Theology](/codex/kantian-critique-of-natural-theology/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Laws of the Universe as Witness to Design](/codex/laws-of-the-universe-as-witness-to-design/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Lesson 2.4, Christology in One Lesson](/codex/lesson-2-4-christology-in-one-lesson/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Lesson 4.5, Comparative Religion Engagement](/codex/lesson-4-5-comparative-religion-engagement/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Logos Christology](/codex/logos-christology/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Mathematical Intelligibility of Nature](/codex/mathematical-intelligibility-of-nature/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Monotheism](/codex/monotheism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Mormonism](/codex/mormonism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Old Testament Christology](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Old Testament Witness to the Deity of Christ](/codex/old-testament-witness-to-the-deity-of-christ/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Pantheism](/codex/pantheism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Rationalism](/codex/rationalism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Substance Dualism](/codex/substance-dualism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Tahrif](/codex/tahrif/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [The Muslim Defense](/codex/the-muslim-defense/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Trinity](/codex/trinity/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Trinity OT Stack (Five Texts)](/codex/trinity-ot-stack-five-texts/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Two Powers in Heaven](/codex/two-powers-in-heaven/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/ylt/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Zeitgeist - Constructed Religion Claims](/codex/zeitgeist-constructed-religion-claims/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Zero and the Metaphysics of Nothing](/codex/zero-and-the-metaphysics-of-nothing/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) **People:** - [Avery Austin (God Logic)](/codex/avery-austin-god-logic/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Bart Ehrman](/codex/bart-ehrman/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Church Fathers](/codex/church-fathers/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Jesus](/codex/jesus/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [John the Apostle](/codex/john-the-apostle/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [John Wheeler](/codex/john-wheeler/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Philo of Alexandria](/codex/philo-of-alexandria/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) **Lexicon:** - [G0746 - arche](/codex/g0746-arche/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G1510 - eimi](/codex/g1510-eimi/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [G2316 - theos](/codex/g2316-theos/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [G2320 - theotes](/codex/g2320-theotes/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [G2937 - ktisis](/codex/g2937-ktisis/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [G3056 - logos](/codex/g3056-logos/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G4138 - pleroma](/codex/g4138-pleroma/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [G4314 - pros](/codex/g4314-pros/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [H7218 - rosh](/codex/h7218-rosh/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [H7225 - reshit](/codex/h7225-reshit/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) **Guides:** - [02 Faith and Worldview](/codex/02-faith-and-worldview/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) - [Ris3n Arguments](/codex/ris3n-arguments/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) **Other pages:** - [Light of Day 1, Christological Reading](/codex/light-of-day-1-christological-reading/), via [John 1.1](/codex/john-1-1/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.