في البَدءِ كانَ الكَلِمَة والكَلِمَةُ كانَ لَدى الله والكَلِمَةُ هوَ الله/In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

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في البَدءِ كانَ الكَلِمَة والكَلِمَةُ كانَ لَدى الله والكَلِمَةُ هوَ الله
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا 01/01-11/في البَدءِ كانَ الكَلِمَة والكَلِمَةُ كانَ لَدى الله والكَلِمَةُ هوَ الله.كانَ في البَدءِ لَدى الله. بِه كانَ كُلُّ شَيء وبِدونِه ما كانَ شَيءٌ مِمَّا كان. فيهِ كانَتِ الحَياة والحَياةُ نورُ النَّاس والنُّورُ يَشرِقُ في الظُّلُمات ولَم تُدرِكْه الظُّلُمات. ظَهَرَ رَجُلٌ مُرسَل مِن لُدن الله، اسْمُه يوحَنَّا. جاءَ شاهِدًا لِيَشهَدَ لِلنَّور فَيُؤمِنَ عن شَهادتِه جَميعُ النَّاس. لم يَكُنْ هو النُّور بل جاءَ لِيَشهَدَ لِلنُّور. الكلمة هو النّور الحَقّ الآتي إِلى العالَم والمُنير كُلّ إنسان. كانَ في العالَم وبِه كانَ العالَم والعالَمُ لَم يَعرِفْهُ. جاءَ إِلى بَيتِه. فما قَبِلَه أَهْلُ بَيتِه. أَمَّا الَّذينَ قَبِلوه وهُمُ الَّذينَ يُؤمِنونَ بِاسمِه فقَد مَكَّنَهم أَنْ يَصيروا أَبْناءَ الله: إِنَّهُم لم يُولَدوا مِن ذي دَمٍ، ولا مِن رَغبَةِ ذي لحم، ولا مِن رَغبَةِ رَجُل، بل مِنَ اللهِ. والكَلِمَةُ صارَ بَشَرًا فسَكَنَ بَينَنا فرأَينا مَجدَه مَجدًا مِن لَدُنِ الآبِ لابنٍ وَحيد مِلؤُه النِّعمَةُ والحَقّ. شَهِدَ له يوحَنَّا فهَتف: «هذا الَّذي قُلتُ فيه: إِنَّ الَّذي يَأتي بَعْدي قد تَقَدَّمَني لأَنَّه كانَ مِن قَبْلي». فمِن مِلْئِه نِلْنا بِأَجمَعِنا وقَد نِلْنا نِعمَةً على نِعمَة. لأَنَّ الشَّريعَةَ أُعطِيَت عن يَدِ موسى وأَمَّا النِّعمَةُ والحَقّ فقَد أَتَيا عن يَدِ يسوعَ المسيح. إِنَّ اللهَ ما رآهُ أَحدٌ قطّ الابنُ الوَحيدُ الَّذي في حِضْنِ الآب هو الَّذي أَخبَرَ عَنه.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
John 01/01-18: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.  All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.  The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him. But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,  who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.'” From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.