The Prologue – John 11-18 - The plan of salvation according to John
The prologue proclaims Jesus as the preexistent and incarnate Word of God who has revealed the Father to us.
The Eternal Word
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God
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And without him nothing came to be.
What came to be through him was life,
And this life was the light of the human race;
The light shines in the darkness,
And the darkness has not overcome it.
John the Baptist’s witness: Jesus, the true light
A man named John was sent from God.
He came for testimony,
to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He was not the light,
But came to testify to the light,
The true light, which enlightens everyone,
Was coming into the world.
And the world came to be through him,
But the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
But his own people did not accept him.
But those who did accept him
He gave power to become children of God,
To those who believe in his name,
Who were born not by natural generation
Nor by human choice
Nor by man’s decision but of God.
The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
The glory of the Father’s only Son,
Full of grace and full of truth.
“This was he of whom I said,
‘the one who is coming after me
ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.’”
From his fullness we have all received,
Grace in place of grace,
Because while the law was given to Moses,
Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
The only Son, God,
Who is at the Father’s side,
Has revealed him.
Jesus the Word of God became man
Saint John, inspired by the Holy Spirit begins his Gospel by calling Jesus the “Word of God”. His prologue teaches us that the Word of God already existed at the creation of the world. He was with God the Father and He was himself God.