John uses the Greek word “logos” to connect Jesus with the creation account in Genesis 1 and the Greek principle of cosmic reason (Bethel, n.d.). The Greek word “logos” was used in early Christian writings, to describe the role of Jesus, as being an active role in God’s divine plan for creating and structuring humanity (Logos, 2017). During the time that John lived, “logos” was a Stoic term, used to refer to how divine intelligence was used to create and sustain the world (Harris, 2014, p. 242-243). John connects the word “logos” with the word of God and the sacrifice of Jesus, and John designates “logos” to being the power that the world, cosmos, comes from. By connecting Jesus with “logos”, John was telling followers that Jesus is superior
