The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, “John 1:1 (word-for-word English under the Greek)”
“Ἐν In ἀρχῇ beginning ἦν was ὁ the λόγος, Word, καὶ and ὁ the λόγος Word ἦν was πρὸς toward τὸν the θεόν, God, καὶ and θεὸς god ἦν was ὁ the λόγος. Word.”
The Watch Tower Society's own interlinear sets its word-for-word English beneath the Westcott and Hort Greek text. Its literal line for the third clause reads 'and god was the Word'; the New World Translation column beside it reads 'and the Word was a god'.
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Provenance and verification note for The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, John 1:1 (word-for-word English under the Greek)
Confidence note. Interlinear text opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026 and the Greek and the English gloss read directly from the page.
Corroborated by. src-nwtv-nwt2013-john-1-1
Notes. The Kingdom Interlinear is itself a Watch Tower publication, so this is primary evidence of what the organisation's own scholars took the Greek to say word for word.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-nwtv-int-john-1-1