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Prologue
St. John 1:1-5 J.B. Phillips NT At the beginning God expressed himself.
That personal expression, that word, was with God, and was God, and he existed with God, from the beginning.
All creation took place through him, and none took place without him.
In him appeared life and this light was the light of mankind.
The light still shines in the darkness and the darkness has never put it out.
Prologue
John 1:1-5 KJV Simon and Schuster 1936 In THE BEGINNING was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:1-5 RSV Reader's Digest Large-Type Edition Volume III 1987 IN THE BEGINNING was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him,
and without him was not anything made that was made.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.