The Gospel of John, Chapter 1, Verse 1

1    (AV)       In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1    (YLT)     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

1    (IGNT)    εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος

In beginning was the Word and the Word was unto/to/with/for/among (pros) the God and God was The Word.

“The Word” existed in the beginning. If The Word existed in the beginning, it had to pre-exist the beginning, or it would have had to come into being “in the beginning”. Rather, it “was” in the beginning.

“The Word” existed unto God. In the beginning. The Word did not come to be with God, but was unto God “in the beginning. Therefore, the original position of “The Word” was “unto the God”. Ever before, and ever after, the relationship between The Word and The God has been the same.

“The” Word. “The” God. Not “A” word, nor “a” God. “The” denotes an unique, identifiable quantity. The sole, rather than one among others.

 “The Word” was unto God. The preposition is challenging. What did the author intend to convey by using “unto” rather than “with”?

unto: 4314 πρός pros     a strengthened form of 4253; prep;

AV-unto 340, to 203, with 43, for 25, against 24, among 20, at 11, not tr 6, misc 53, vr to 1; 726

1) to the advantage of

2) at, near, by

3) to, towards, with, with regard to

with: 3326 μετά meta met-ah’    a primary preposition (often used adverbially); prep;

AV-with 345, after 88, among 5, hereafter + 5023 4, afterward + 5023 4, against 4, not depart

1) (with genitive)

1a) amidst, among

1b) with

2) (with accusative)

2a) into the middle of, among

2b) after, behind

3) (as a prefix)

3a) association, fellowship, participation with

3b) exchange, transfer, transmutation

3c) after

God was God. If “The Word” was God, and “The Word” was unto God, then God is said to have been “unto” God.  How did God “exist unto” God?

God’s answer to Moses’ request for God’s name, was YHWH: I am that I am. “I am”; God’s declaration of God’s being. God is. God did not become, nor was God made; God eternally “is”. Pre-existing time, pre-existing “the beginning”, continuing to exist beyond time without end. Existing independently of all other existence. God “is”.

Therefore, God does not exist “because of” anything else, nor “for” anything else. God alone exists alone, and exists alone apart from everything else, which only exists because of God.

God exists unto God.

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