John 1:1

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John 1:1 in the 1611 King James Version

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Textus Receptus

• 1550 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
• 1598 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

John 1:1 in the 1526 New Testament of William Tyndale

• 1526 In the begynnynge was that worde and that worde was with god: and god was thatt worde.

• 1560 In ¹the beginning was the Worde, and the Worde was with God² and that Worde was God.

¹ Or, before the beginning ² Christ is God before all time

• 1568 In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God, and that Word was God.

• 1611 In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

English Translations

Versions agreeing with the KJV

ASV, Darby, Douay, EMTV, ERV, KJV21, LO, Noyes, RWebster, WEB, Webster, WEY, Youngs.

Other Mistranslations

• 1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. (BBE)

• 1 In a beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and a god was the Word. (Diaglot)

• 1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. (GWV)

• 1 Originally, was, the Word, and, the Word, was, with God; and, the Word, was, God. (Rotterham)

• 1 In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God, yea, the Word was God Himself. (Williams)

Translations by James Moffatt, Hugh J. Schonfield and Edgar Goodspeed render it:

"...and the Word was divine."

See Also

• John 1:1 (NWT) John 1:1 in the New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• Jesus Christ the Logos