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John 1:2

He (This, This One) was in the beginning with (with) God.
[God (Gk: Theos) is mentioned here three times – first and last with the definite article, but in "the Word was God" in the indefinite form, i.e. without the article. The meaning then becomes that the Word possesses the attributes of God (Col. 1:15). At the same time, the Word, i.e. Jesus, fully represents God (Phil. 2:6; Heb. 1:3; John 10:30; Col. 2:9; John 20:28). Since no human being can understand God in his fullness, he limits himself and meets humanity in the Word to Moses on Mount Sinai and later in the Word incarnate in the Son. Verses 1–2 are framed by an inclusio with the word beginning, cf. Gen. 1:1–3. The Greek word order in verse 1b–c forms a chiasm with God at the center: "and the Word was with God – and God was the Word."]
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The greek text BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

οὗτος   ἦν   ἐν   ἀρχῇ   πρὸς   τὸν   θεόν.  

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 7 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3778
 οὗτος (oytos)
 He
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
D-NSM
G1510
 ἦν (en)
 was
VERB Verb
imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-IAI-3S
G1722
 ἐν (en)
 in [the]
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G0746
 ἀρχῇ (arche)
 beginning
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
N-DSF
G4314
 πρὸς (pros)
 with
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τὸν (ton)
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
T-ASM
G2316
 θεόν. (theon.)
 God.
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM

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