Free · the full first chapter of In His Story

You've probably read or heard John 1. You're still not sure what it really means.

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"In the beginning was the Word" is easy to nod along to and hard to actually understand. Here is the whole first chapter of our guide to John, free: what's happening, how the Church reads it, and where it might land in your actual week.

Twenty minutes, your Bible, something to take notes with.

You open to John 1 with the chapter beside it. First you get your bearings: who's writing, and why he starts before creation instead of at a manger. Then you slow down on the words carrying extra context, like Word, light and dwelt. Then the Catholic Lens shows you where this chapter has been hiding in the Mass you've sat through for years. And then the questions, the kind you'll be thinking about for a while, not a random multiple choice pop quiz.

Theologically reviewed, and written for real life.

"What do you seek?"

Those are the first words Jesus speaks in John's Gospel. It seems like the right place to start.