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John is using the Hebrew Bible.

That’s right. Jesus is a Jewish monotheist, not a trinitarian. It’s the same monotheism that the apostles have.

John isn’t a Calvinist. He’s a Jew. The translators understood that. Logos = davar.

Who is Jesus’ God?

I’ve just well-read on the subject. You acknowledged that you aren’t. I’m sharing some of the information I’ve acquired from trinitarian sources with you and others.

Surely. The monotheism of Jesus and the apostles is precisely the same. He’s a non-trinitarian staff member. I’ve been in conversation with him in this thread and in the thread which I provided the link for.

That’s a good example of the constraints of history. You don’t know what they recognized.

Yes. Christian monotheism in the 1st century was the monotheism of Jesus. @JLB is a sincere Christian. Do you identify with him?

John knew perfectly well what “word” meant. He was drawing on his background in the Hebrew Bible. The trinitarian translators recognized that.

Yes. These are Jewish monotheists who believe - against unbelieving Jewish monotheists - that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, Son of the living God. I identify with believing Israel.

Does the Nicene Creed lead people astray?

Given that you’ve said that you aren’t a trinitarian - Post in thread 'Jesus submitted to his God' Jesus submitted to his God - what does that say about the Nicene Creed?

Yes. Why did they do that?

That’s right. Unbelieving Israel vs. believing Israel. It was in the days of Jesus and the apostles. The church moved away from it. That is what the A.E. Harvey quote that I shared with you is about. The church gradually moved away from the monotheism of Israel. (Dr. Brown’s book Heresies is...

That’s right. It’s not poor English. It’s recognition that John is speaking in his prologue about God speaking the creation into existence. The same God who did that is at work in the new creation.

Not all Israel.

Everywhere else Moses gave us the singular personal pronouns that represent God, elohim. What do you do with those?

God (singular) is speaking to his heavenly court. I don’t reject Moses. The translators don’t reject Moses. God is singular.

Jesus.

Do you reject the Apostles’ Creed? I still don’t understand why you say God is plural and write it as singular. I’d like to hear your explanation.