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John 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.[a] 2 He was in the beginning with God;
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- 1.1 John begins by giving his Gospel a theological background. By speaking at once of “the Word” he implies that his readers are familiar with the term. To Gentiles it indicated some form of divine revelation or self-expression. Jews would equate it with the divine Wisdom described in Proverbs, which already appears as something more than a divine quality and has some relationship with the visible world. In Sirach and Wisdom the idea is further developed. In the last-named book, Wisdom appears as a pre-existing person, taking part in the creation of the world and having a mission to reveal God to his creatures; cf. Wis 7.22–8.1.
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