Title:  This One Was in Beginning With God

The text is, “οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν”.

οὗτος -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun -> this one

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

ἀρχῇ -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> beginning

πρὸς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> with

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH*

θεόν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> God

The meaning of this verse is,

This one was in beginning with God.

*NRIEH: For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.

Title:  In Beginning Was the Word, and the Word Was With God, and the Word Was God

The text is, “Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος”.

Ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

ἀρχῇ -> feminine, singular, dative noun -> beginning

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

λόγος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> word

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

λόγος -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> word

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

πρὸς -> preposition taking the accusative for its object word -> with

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH*

θεόν -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> God

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

θεὸς -> masculine, singular, nominative noun -> God

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

ὁ -> masculine, singular, nominative article -> the

λόγος -> masculine, singular,nominative noun -> word

The meaning of this verse is,

In beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.

*NRIEH: For the sake of clarity the word is translated into English, but to avoid such odd constructions as applying a definite article (“the”) to a substantive sufficiently determined by its being a proper noun, or by the use of a qualifier other than the definite article. An example would be the basic translation “Peter said to the Jesus”; the word “the” is completely unnecessary. There are many examples of this in the New Testament. The designation NRIEH is equivalent to “Not Rendered Into English Here”.