John 1:3
God used the Word to make everything. God and the Word worked together, and they made everything, everywhere.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In Context
2Yes, the Word was with God before anything happened.
Cross References
Genesis 1:1First of all, a long time ago, God made everything. He made the sky, and he made the earth. He made all the things that are everywhere.
John 1:10The one called the Word came to the world. You know, God used that one called the Word to make everything in the world, but people in the world didn’t know who he was.
1 Corinthians 8:6But we Christians know that those statues are nothing at all. We know there is only one God. He is our father. He made everything, and we want to do whatever he wants, as long as we live. And there is only one true boss. He is Jesus Christ. He worked with God, and together they made everything. And Jesus gives us Christians real life.
Matthew Henry on John 1:2-6
John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; we are sure that it was given by inspiration of God to John, the brother of James, one of the twelve apostles, distinguished by the honourable character of that disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the first three of the worthies of the Son of David, whom he took to be the witnesses of his retirements, particularly of his transfiguration and his agony. The ancients tell us that John lived longest of all the twelve apostles, and was the only… Read the whole commentary →