# John 1.3-4 **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.** > > 5. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. 6. There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. (John 1:1-6, 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.** > > 5. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. 6. There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. (John 1:1-6, 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.** > > 5. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive 6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (John 1:1-6, 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,** > > 5. and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it. 6. There came a man, having been sent from God, whose name [is] John, (John 1:1-6, 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:** - [100 Questions for Evolutionists](/codex/100-questions-for-evolutionists/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [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/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [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 Imagination Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-imagination-convergence/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [Argument from Thermodynamics](/codex/argument-from-thermodynamics/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Biogenesis Argument](/codex/biogenesis-argument/) - [Build the Cosmological Argument](/codex/build-the-cosmological-argument/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [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/) - [Evil as Privation of Good](/codex/evil-as-privation-of-good/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Hand of God Argument](/codex/hand-of-god-argument/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Interdependency Argument](/codex/interdependency-argument/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [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/) - [Nag Hammadi Suppressed Gospels Objection Defeater](/codex/nag-hammadi-suppressed-gospels-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [Quran Confirms Jesus is God Argument](/codex/quran-confirms-jesus-is-god-argument/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [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/) - [Unitarian Oneness Binitarian Objection Defeater](/codex/unitarian-oneness-binitarian-objection-defeater/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [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:** - [Arianism](/codex/arianism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Big Bang](/codex/big-bang/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Borde-Guth-Vilenkin Theorem](/codex/borde-guth-vilenkin-theorem/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Christology](/codex/christology/), via [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/), [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Christs Deity](/codex/christs-deity/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [DNA](/codex/genetic-code/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [Genetic Code](/codex/genetic-code/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Idealism](/codex/idealism/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Isaiah 45.7 I Create Evil](/codex/isaiah-45-7-i-create-evil/), via [John 1.4-5](/codex/john-1-4-5/) - [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/) - [Logos Christology](/codex/logos-christology/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/), [John 1.4](/codex/john-1-4/) - [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/) - [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 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Oneness Pentecostalism](/codex/oneness-pentecostalism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Origins and Cosmology](/codex/origins-and-cosmology/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Pantheism](/codex/pantheism/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/) - [Process Theism](/codex/process-theism/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Tahrif](/codex/tahrif/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [Trinity OT Stack (Five Texts)](/codex/trinity-ot-stack-five-texts/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [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/) - [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/ylt/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [Zero and the Metaphysics of Nothing](/codex/zero-and-the-metaphysics-of-nothing/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [G2222 - zoe](/codex/g2222-zoe/), via [John 1.4](/codex/john-1-4/) - [G2936 - ktizo](/codex/g2936-ktizo/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) - [G2937 - ktisis](/codex/g2937-ktisis/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), via [John 1.1-3](/codex/john-1-1-3/), [John 1.3](/codex/john-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/) - [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), via [John 1.3](/codex/john-1-3/) **Guides:** - [Ris3n Arguments](/codex/ris3n-arguments/), via [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) --- _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.