|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
|In the beginning was the Living Word, and the Living Word was with God, and the Living Word was God.
|In the beginning was the Living Word, and the Living Word was with God, and the Living Word was God.
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|The Greek word is "logos", which has a variety of meanings including "word". The Greeks lacked a word for "Truth" with a capital "T"; dilution in the meaning of "word" in modern English makes "Truth" an attractive translation.
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|The Greek word is "logos", which has a wide variety of meanings, some of which have no English equivalent. See the talk page for the ongoing discussion of this translation.