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title = "John 1:2–5"
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date = "2025-10-28"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John1.2-5)
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Having identified the Word as God, John continues his prologue by describing the Word's role.
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He reiterates the eternality of the Word, and His distinction as a person, because he then tells us that the creation of everything was accomplished through the Word.
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Creation is a divine prerogative, and cannot be obtained by anything that was itself created.
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Yet, we see the multiple Persons united in the Godhead acting in concert to create the entirety of the universe.
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The phrase "In him was life" (_v. 4_) is another proclamation of the Word's deity.
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Created things have live in themselves because it was given to them, but God is alive simply because He is.
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He is the source of all life, and was not given it by another.
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Instead, His life is compared to the light that shines on men.
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Shining down on everyone as it is, the darkness cannot stop the light from accomplishing its purpose.
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Author of life, shine on us and make us alive in You.
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