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{{box | text=''By [[Graham Llewellyn Grove]].}}, June 2003
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'''Greek:'''
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: En ''(in)'' arche ''(beginning)'' en ''(was)'' ho ''(the)'' logos ''(Word)'', kai ''(and)'' ho ''(the)'' logos ''(Word)'' en ''(was)'' pros ''(with)'' ton ''(the)'' Theon ''(God)'', kai ''(and)'' Theos ''(God)'' en ''(was)'' ho ''(the)'' logos ''(Word)''
'''English (NIV):'''
: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God
'''Jehovah's Witness:'''
: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with the God, and the word was a god
The translation "and the word was a god" is, I believe, an incorrect translation. The Jehovah's Witness religion claims that since in the [[Greek]] the definite article ("the") is used initially in "the word was with (the) God" but not used later in "and the word was God" that it follows that Jesus is a god and not the God.
