约翰福音第1章第1节

《约翰福音》第1章第1节是《约翰所作福音书》的开场白，被划分为第一节。
原文和译文.
如何把这节经文从通用希腊语原文确切地翻译到英语和其他语种的问题，在圣经翻译者和基督徒中仍存在着强烈的争议。
英译问题.
""In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.""
“ is clear that in the translation “the Word was God,” the term God is being used to denote his nature or essence, and not his person. But in normal English usage “God” is a proper noun, referring to the person of the Father or corporately to the three persons of the Godhead. Moreover, “the Word was God” suggests that “the Word” and “God” are convertible terms, that the proposition is reciprocating. But the Word is neither the Father nor the Trinity… The rendering cannot stand without explanation.” Translations by James Moffatt, Hugh J. Schonfield and Edgar Goodspeed render part of the verse as ""...and the Word was divine.""
An Orthodox Bible Commentary notes: "This second "theos" could also be translated ‘divine’ as the construction indicates "a qualitative sense for theos". The Word is "not" God in the sense that he is the "same person" as the "theos" mentioned in 1:1a; he is not God the Father (God absolutely as in common NT usage) or the Trinity. The point being made is that the Logos is of the "same uncreated nature" or essence as God the Father, with whom he eternally exists. This verse is echoed in the Nicene Creed: 'God (qualitative or derivative) from God (personal, the Father), Light from Light, True God from True God… "homoousion" with the Father.'"
Other variations of rendering John 1:1 also exist:
For a complete list of 70 non traditional translations of John 1:1 see this reference
难点.
语法难点.
"In sentences in which the copula is expressed, a definite predicate nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the article when it precedes the verb."
At issue is whether Colwell's rule applies to John 1:1 and if it is a reliable standard by which grammatical constructions of this type should be measured. It has been pointed out that Colwell's rule does "not" help by determining definiteness. Apparently, it has been misapplied by some to defend the deity of Christ.
Daniel B. Wallace argues that the use of the anarthrous theos (the lack of the definite article before the second "theos") is due to its use as a qualitative noun, describing the nature or essence of the Word, not due to Colwell's rule.
The rendering as "a god" is justified by some non-trinitarians by comparing it with Acts 28:6 where they claim that the grammatical construction is the same. "The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead; but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.". However, it was noted that the Hebrew words El, HaElohim and Yahweh (all referring to God) were rendered as anarthrous theos in the Septuagint at , , , and among many other locations. Moreover, in the New Testament anarthrous theos was used to refer to God in locations including , , , and . This suggests that such an assumption is void.
Actual usage of the Sahidic Coptic common noun "noute" (ΝΟΥΤЄ) in the Coptic New Testament at John 1:1 suggests that it is a count noun that, when bound with the Coptic indefinite article, should be translated into English as "a god."
However, the reason for using the indefinite article in the Coptic translation is that the meaning is qualitative. Many such occurrences for qualitative nouns are identified in the Coptic New Testament, including and . Moreover the indefinite article is used to refer to God in and , so the assumption that an indefinite article favors the translation "a god" is a void assumption. 
Coptic scholar George Horner renders the Sahidic Coptic of John 1:1c as 
"and God was the word." while his apparatus mentions "Square brackets imply words used by the Coptic and not required by the English". 
逻各斯.
因为同一章的后续经节指明了拿撒勒人耶稣，这节中常被译为“道”、“圣言”、“话语”或“the Word”的希腊语名词“逻各斯”普遍被认为指耶稣。
源自希腊语的名词“逻各斯”（λόγος / logos）被用于哲学、分析心理学、修辞学和宗教等领域时含义不尽相同。
基督论.
沿用18世纪来华耶稣会士的译法，现在大多数的圣经汉语译本使用汉字“道”翻译《约翰福音》1:1中的“逻各斯”，而发源于中国本土的道家和道教早已使用“道”一词。