1. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us

2. John 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

3. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

4. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. 11He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

5. 14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth. 15John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”

6. 16From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace
16From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah. 18No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.

7. John 1:1-18 The Prologue of the Gospel according to John

8. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

9. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

10. The Word (Logos)

11. The Word (Logos)
Jews sometimes used “the Word” as a substitute for God’s name, Yahweh

12. The Word (Logos)
Jews sometimes used “the Word” as a substitute for God’s name, Yahweh
In the Hebrew Bible, God creates the world through His word

13. The Word (Logos)
Jews sometimes used “the Word” as a substitute for God’s name, Yahweh
In the Hebrew Bible, God creates the world through His word
Greeks thought of the cosmic Word as something that held together an unstable cosmos

14. John 1:1 and the Word was with God (ton theon), and the Word was God (theos).

15. John 1:2 He was in the beginning with God.

16. John 1:3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.

17. John 1:3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. Colossians 1:16 In him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers – all things have been created through him and for him.

18. John 1:3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. Colossians 1:16 In him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers – all things have been created through him and for him. Hebrews 1:2 In these last days he has spoken to us through a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created all the worlds.

19. John 1: What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

20. John 1:4-5 What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. Genesis 1:4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

21. John 1:6-8 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John
John 1:6-8 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.

22. John 1:9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world (kosmos).

23. John 1: He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.

24. John 1: But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

25. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.

26. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh (sarx )

27. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh (sarx ) Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh.

28. John 1:14 and made his dwelling among us

29. John 1:14, The Message The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood.

30. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

31. John 1:14 and we have seen his glory

32. John 1:14 and we have seen his glory Hebrews 1:3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being.

33. John 1:14 glory as of a father's only son

34. John 1:14 full of grace and truth.

35. John 1:15 John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’”

36. John 1:16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

37. John 1:17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

38. John 1:18 No one has ever seen God
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

39. The Word of God becomes a human being – the ultimate divine revelation Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son.

40. Vs. 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Vs. 14: And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. Vs. 18: No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.

41. Colossians 1: For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself.

42. John 1: What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

43. William Langland ( ), Piers Plowman “But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.”

44. Zephaniah 3:16-17 Do not let your hands grow weak; Yahweh, your God, is in your midst!

45. Zephaniah 3: Do not let your hands grow weak; Yahweh, your God, is in your midst! Emmanuel – God with us