When things began ‘the Word’ already was, and the ‘Word’ was always intimately close to God, and the ‘Word’ was one with God. When things began, this one was close to God, . Every single thing came about through his doing, and without him nothing came about, not one thing that began. In him was life, and the life was the light of humans, The light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness has never grasped it.

There came a man – ‘sent with a mission’ from God, by name John. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might come to believe (through him). That one definitely was not the light, but was sent to testify to the light.

He (the Word) was the true light, that shines on every one by his coming into the world. He was in the world and the world came into being through him. yet the world did not recognise him. He came to his own homeland, yet his own kin did not receive him.