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The Word (Logos)

Quick answer

John's title for the pre-existent Son: the eternal "Word" who was with God and was God, through whom all things were made, who became flesh in Jesus.

Overview

John 1 opens with "In the beginning was the Word (Logos)," deliberately echoing Genesis 1. For Greek thought the Logos was the rational principle ordering the cosmos; for Hebrew thought God's word creates and reveals. John fuses both and personalizes them: the Word is a who, eternally with God and himself God, who "became flesh and dwelt among us" — the fullest revelation of God available to humanity.

Where it appears

  • John 1:1

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    The eternal Son, agent of creation, who becomes flesh.

  • John 1:14

    The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

    God "pitches his tent" among us.

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