Book 2, Chapter 14

ὡς ὀρθῶς ἄν τινα ἐπὶ τὸ σαφέστερον μεταλαβόντα φάναι ἀντὶ τοῦ »ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος«, τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ υἱός, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ »καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν« τὸ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ἦν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ »καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος« τὸ καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ υἱός. οὕτω δ’ ἂν ἁρμόσειεν καὶ τὸ ἑξῆς ἐπαγόμενον, »πάντα« γὰρ »δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν«.