John 1:1-5 - in the beginning was the word...

In (the) beginning was the word, and the word was towards God, and the word was God - this (word) was in (the) beginning towards God; all-things came-to-pass by means of it, and without it not one-thing came-to-pass which came-to-pass; in it was life, and the life was the light of the men, and the light shines-light in the darkness - and the darkness did not take-hold-of it. Initially there was the spoken account of God's inner thoughts during a past time, historically. It was not at the beginning of the world – but the focus in this phrase is that at the outset (commencement, source, origin, start) there was continuing to exist the word of/from God.