John 1:2 The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one. The same was in the beginning with God. He was in the beginning with God. The same was in the beginning with God. He was with God in the beginning. He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. He existed in the beginning with God. They were together—face-to-face, in the very beginning. He was in the beginning with God. He was with God in the beginning. He was in the beginning with God.