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What does John 1 from Bible mean?
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and theWord was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 Allthings were made by him; and without him was no…t any thing madethat was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light ofmen. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darknesscomprehended it not....9 That was the true Light, which lightethevery man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, andthe world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He cameunto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many asreceived him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, evento them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood,nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheldhis glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) fullof grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying,This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferredbefore me: for he was before me. The Word is Christ, and became flesh and dwelt among us. Christcreated the world. If yo7u don't understand this section, then youare in darkness and comprehend it not. Let's try to make it alittle clearer, directly from the Bible. John was such an awesomewriter. Or perhaps he was just a clean vessel. (allowing God totalk to him telling him what to write) John 3:15- 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his onlybegotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into theworld to condemn the world; but that the world through him might besaved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but hethat believeth not is condemned already, because he hath notbelieved in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds wereevil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neithercometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But hethat doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be mademanifest, that they are wrought in God. ......35 The Father loveththe Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He thatbelieveth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believethnot the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth onhim. Does that make it clearer? Answer also: At John 1:1, which refers to Jesus as "the Word," someBible translations say: "In the beginning was the Word, and theWord was with God, and the Word was God." But notice, verse 2 saysthat the Word was "in the beginning with God." And while men haveseen Jesus, verse 18 says that "no man hath seen God at any time."(Authorized or King James Version) So we find that sometranslations of verse 1 give the correct idea of the originallanguage when they read: "The Word was with God, and the Word wasdivine," or was "a god," that is, the Word was a powerful godlikeone. (An American Translation) Clearly, Jesus is not Almighty God.In fact, Jesus spoke of his Father as "my God" and as "the onlytrue God."-John 20:17; 17:3. Toward the end of his Gospel, Johnsummarized matters, saying: "These are written that you may believethat Jesus is the Christ, [not God, but] the Son of God." John 1:18says: "No one has ever seen God." Verse 14 clearly says that "theWord became flesh and dwelt among us . . . we have beheld hisglory." Also, verses 1, 2 say that in the beginning he was "withGod." Can one be with someone and at the same time be that person?At John 17:3, Jesus addresses the Father as "the only true God";so, Jesus as "a god" merely reflects his Father's divine qualities. (MORE)
