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God
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
—New Living Translation
Unlike the historical records of the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), John grounds his account in a universal concept: the Logos or Word—the dynamic, creative Principle of the world.
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Resources cited in this issue
GT: New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL. All rights reserved; Marsh, John. The Gospel of St. John. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1977.
RR: New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cit. 8: Alter, Robert & Frank Kermode. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Belknap of Harvard Univ: Belknap of Harvard Univ, 1987.
Cit. 9: Laymon, Charles M. The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971.
Cit. 13: Alter, Robert. The Hebrew Bible, Vol. 2, Prophets: A Translation with Commentary. New York and London. W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
Cit. 23: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
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