# John 1.2 **Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · 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._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater](/codex/anointing-implies-subordination-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [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 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from Mathematical Truth](/codex/argument-from-mathematical-truth/), via [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 the Apophatic Limit of Formal Systems](/codex/argument-from-the-apophatic-limit-of-formal-systems/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Argument from the Continuance of Being](/codex/argument-from-the-continuance-of-being/), via [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 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 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Argument from the Reality of Mathematical Infinity](/codex/argument-from-the-reality-of-mathematical-infinity/), via [John 1.1-3](/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/) - [Cumulative Case for the Deity of Christ](/codex/cumulative-case-for-the-deity-of-christ/), via [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/) - [Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-has-a-god-therefore-not-god-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Jesus is Jacobs Ladder](/codex/jesus-is-jacobs-ladder/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [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/) - [Mathematics Requires Christian Theism](/codex/mathematics-requires-christian-theism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Nag Hammadi Suppressed Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/nag-hammadi-suppressed-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [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/) - [Ris3n's Refinement to Jay's Empty Set World Theory](/codex/ris3ns-refinement-to-jays-empty-set-world-theory/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [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/) - [Stroud Objection to Transcendental Arguments Defeater](/codex/stroud-objection-to-transcendental-arguments-defeater/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [The Babel Argument](/codex/the-babel-argument/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [The Scales Argument](/codex/the-scales-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 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Trinity Invented at Nicaea Objection Defeater](/codex/trinity-invented-at-nicaea-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-2](/codex/john-1-1-2/) - [Why Didnt Jesus Write Anything Himself Objection Defeater](/codex/why-didnt-jesus-write-anything-himself-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) **Concepts:** - [100 Common Questions](/codex/100-common-questions/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Arianism](/codex/arianism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem](/codex/borde-guth-vilenkin-theorem/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Doctrine](/codex/doctrine/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Genesis Hermeneutics](/codex/genesis-hermeneutics/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Islamic Dilemma](/codex/islamic-dilemma/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [Kalimatullah](/codex/kalimatullah/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Laws of the Universe as Witness to Design](/codex/laws-of-the-universe-as-witness-to-design/), via [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 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Light of Day 1, Christological Reading](/codex/light-of-day-1-christological-reading/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [Logos Christology](/codex/logos-christology/), via [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/) - [Muslim Objections to the Divinity of Christ](/codex/muslim-objections-to-the-divinity-of-christ/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Old Testament Christology](/codex/old-testament-christology/), 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 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Pantheism](/codex/pantheism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Tahrif](/codex/tahrif/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Trinity vs Oneness vs Modalism vs Arianism](/codex/trinity-vs-oneness-vs-modalism-vs-arianism/), via [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/) - [Zero and the Metaphysics of Nothing](/codex/zero-and-the-metaphysics-of-nothing/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) **People:** - [Bart Ehrman](/codex/bart-ehrman/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Jesus](/codex/jesus/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [John the Apostle](/codex/john-the-apostle/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Philo of Alexandria](/codex/philo-of-alexandria/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) **Lexicon:** - [G0746 - arche](/codex/g0746-arche/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G3004 - lego](/codex/g3004-lego/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [G3056 - logos](/codex/g3056-logos/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G3778 - houtos](/codex/g3778-houtos/) - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [G4314 - pros](/codex/g4314-pros/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) **Guides:** - [Ris3n Arguments](/codex/ris3n-arguments/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## 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.