Status: Core study Faith & Logic Published August 28, 2026 Updated September 22, 2026
The Word — and, in John, the Son.
The Greek is logos (logos) — λόγος: word, reason, message, account. John does not open with logikē. He opens with Logos.
In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.
— John 1:1 (Greek λόγος left untranslated; English versions: “Word”)
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…
— John 1:14 (TLV; check the wording in Logos)
First hearers could hear Israel’s davar — God speaks and it stands — and they could hear a Greek ear’s “reason.” John then does what neither lecture hall nor synagogue expected: that Word becomes flesh.
On this site Logos means Him unless the page is clearly talking about a word or an argument. Logic means the test. Do not merge them to make a heading prettier.
The Word became flesh. The method did not.