1:1 In the beginning ¹  was the Word, and the Word was with God, ²  and the Word was fully God. ³  1:2 The Word ⁴  was with God in the beginning. 1:3 All things were created ⁵  by him, and apart from him not one thing was created ⁶  that has been created. ⁷  1:4 In him was life, ⁸  and the life was the light of mankind. ⁹  1:5 And the light shines on ¹⁰  in the darkness, ¹¹  but ¹²  the darkness has not mastered it. ¹³