In Him was Life

John 1:1-5

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

(message)

Welcome! The Word is who became Jesus. Let us learn about Him.

See v1.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

“In the beginning was the Word” (1^a): The Word existed before the creation and from the eternity.

“the Word was with God” (1^b): The Word (God, the Son) was together and intimate with God (God, the Father).

“the Word was God” (1^c): The Word (the Son) was one of the Triune God (the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit).

See v2.

² He was with God in the beginning.

V2 summarizes or repeats v1^a and v1^b. The Word was together and intimate with God from the eternity.

See v3.

³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

The Word is the Creator of the universe. This fact is also written in Colossians 1:15-17.

See v4.

⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

Here, ‘life’ is eternal life (John 5:24), abundant life (John 10:10), the resurrection (John 11:25-26), and the spring of living water (Jeremiah 2:13).

See v5.

⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Here ‘overcome’ is ‘understand/comprehend’. When the Word came to the world as Jesus, they did not recognize Him (the Creator) (John 1:10) and did not receive Him (the Owner) (John 1:11).