THE Gospel by John begins thus: “'In a beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was a god”[Emphatic Diaglott]-i. e., was a power. The word Logos appears to have no exact equivalent in English and is variously translated. But the statement, "Through it every thing was done; and without it not even one thing was done, which has been done,” and that it “was in the beginning,” shows that the Logos is the first step in the accomplishing of anything.
God created man in his image, that is, man has the same faculties and powers as his Creator, even as a little child has the faculties and powers of its father, tho as yet undeveloped. If man is in the image of his Creator then their manner of operation must be similar. Before one can do anything there must be first the thought or idea concerning that thing. Therefore we may say concerning God, and as well concerning man, in doing any. thing there is first in the beginning the thought, the idea. So we feel that we do no violence to the text to translate it: "In the beginning was the idea, and this idea was with God, and this idea was a power. This (idea) was in the beginning with God. Thru it everything was done, and without it not even one thing was done, which has been done. In it (the idea) was life, and the life was the light of men.” ~Enoch Penn writing in the Bible Review 1915
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