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→‎Chapter 1: use semicolons, drop "living", to capture the meaning better: In the beginning was the Truth; its Word was with God; its Perfection was God.
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|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.
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|In the beginning was the Truth, and this Living Word was with God, and this Perfection was God.
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|In the beginning was the Truth; its Word was with God; its Perfection was God.
 
|The Greek word is "logos", which has a wide variety of profound meanings.  Its use three times in repetition suggests three different nuances, which would be expressed more fully with three different English terms. The second of the three phrases uses the Greek word ''pros'', meaning "before" or "toward," suggesting "acting on behalf." See the talk page for further discussion of this translation.
 
|The Greek word is "logos", which has a wide variety of profound meanings.  Its use three times in repetition suggests three different nuances, which would be expressed more fully with three different English terms. The second of the three phrases uses the Greek word ''pros'', meaning "before" or "toward," suggesting "acting on behalf." See the talk page for further discussion of this translation.
 
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