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|The same was in the beginning with God.
|The same was in the beginning with God.
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|All this was in the beginning, with God.
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|The same one was in the beginning, with God.
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|Modern phrasing
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|"houtos" is serving as an emphatic form of "autos," placing extra emphasis on "this SAME individual..." The purpose here is to emphasize the personal nature of the logos in verse one.
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|All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
|All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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|All things were made by Him; no thing was made without Him.
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|All things were made by Him; not one thing was made without Him.
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|Modern phrasing
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|"Not one thing" relates the emphatic force of the Greek much best. Conciseness chosen over repetition here.