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2. Tozer ~ "The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God himself" 1:1-14

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4. 3 beginnings: Genesis 1 ~ 1 John 1 ~ John 1 ~ beginning of Creation beginning of the incarnation beginning of eternity 1:1-14

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6. Colwell's Rule (1933) ~ "A definite predicate nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the article when it precedes the verb... A predicate nominative which precedes the verb cannot be translated as an indefinite … noun solely because of the absence of the article; if the context suggests that the predicate is definite, it should be translated as a definite noun despite the absence of the article." 1:1-14

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8. The Word was God Subject verb predicate Definite article: the Word Indefinite article: a Word "If the definite article is absent, then an indefinite article is understood" … except … 1:1-14

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10. Theos ēn ho logos God was the Word God was the Word Predicate verb subject NWT ~ " … and the word was a god." 1:1-14 Colwell's Rule (1933) ~ "A definite predicate nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the article when it precedes the verb... A predicate nominative which precedes the verb cannot be translated as an indefinite … noun solely because of the absence of the article; if the context suggests that the predicate is definite, it should be translated as a definite noun despite the absence of the article."

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12. Is Jesus Jehovah's offspring? Son of God ~ 43x Son of God ~ 43x 1:1-14 Son of Man ~ 85x Son of Man ~ 85x = idiom referring to His humanity = idiom referring to His deity

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14. Life ~ zōē – not, bios or psuchē Comprehend ~ katalambanō – or, apprehend 1:1-14 ESV ~ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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16. 1 st own is neuter (creation), 2 nd own is masculine (humanity) "He came to His own creation, and His own people received Him not" He came to His own, and His own received Him not 1:1-14

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18. Right ~ exousia – literally authority; KJV, power 1:1-14

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20. Not of blood ~ God has no grandchildren Will of the flesh ~ Salvation can't be by legislation 1:1-14

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22. Dwelt ~ skēnoō - literally tented, verb form of skēnos Only begotten ~ monogenēs - only one of its kind, unique 1:1-14

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