What does it mean by in the beginning was the Word ?     
   → A 'word' is an expression of an idea.     
   → An idea comes from a mind that is self-aware and able to think.     
   → When a word is spoken it has a purpose and it often has an intensity or emotion connected with it.     
   → Mind, will and emotions constitute a Soul.     

So, the Soul Of God existed in the beginning.     

What does it mean by the Word was with God ?     
   → God is a Spirit
   → A spirit is the qualitative aspect of a being.     It represents the nature and value system of that being.     
   → The spirit of a being is the essence of that being.     
   → So, the Soul Of God was with the Spirit Of God in the beginning.     

What does it mean by the Word was God ?     
   → It means that the Soul Of God and the Spirit Of God constitute one divine being.     

Joh 1:2 emphasizes the fact that the Soul Of God and the Spirit Of God existed in the beginning.     

Joh 1:3 tells us that this God who is Soul and Spirit created all things.     

Joh 1:10 tells us that Jesus made the world.     

Joh 1:14 tells us that the Soul Of God, the Word, was made flesh and dwelt among us.     Now we have the Body Of God.     This is Jesus.     

Heb 1:3 tells us that Jesus is the express image of God.     

So, God is a single being who is Spirit Soul And Body just as man is who was created in His image Gen 1:26.     
   → the Soul Of God,
   → the Spirit Of God and
   → the Body Of God
constitute one God as is emphasized in Deu 6:4.     
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