Book 1

καὶ οὐ θαυμαστὸν εἰ, ὡς προειρήκαμεν, πολλὰ ὣν ἀγαθὰ ὀ σωτὴρ ἐνεπινοούμενα ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ πρῶτα καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τρίτα. ὁ γοῦν Ἰωάννης ἐπήνεγκε φάσκων περὶ τοῦ λόγου· »Ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν«. γέγονεν οὖν ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ· καὶ οὔτε ὁ λόγος ἕτερός ἐστι τοῦ χριστοῦ, ὁ θεὸς λόγος, ὁ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, δὲ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, οὔτε ἡ ζωὴ ἑτέρα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς φησιν· »Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή( ὥσπερ οὖν ἡ ζωὴ γέγονεν ἐν τῷ λόγῳ, οὕτως ὁ λόγος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ.