Word of God

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.

Καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας.

The expressions are often translated . . .

	“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.The same was in the beginning with God.”
	"The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth."

. . . with an unstated understanding that "the Word" is Jesus Christ and that πρὸς (unusually) means 'with'.

For Jesus to both “be with God” and “be God” is illogical.

Of the 330 times that LOGOS appears in the Christian Greek Scriptures, 'the Word' is only once referred to as being Jesus in Revelation 19.13.

The purpose of this article is to divine the meaning behind these five sentences

In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.”
The Word became flesh

in John 1.1,2 &14.

What is ὁ λόγος?
What does πρὸς mean?
Is ὁ θεὸς the same as θεὸς? Is God (ὁ θεὸς, τὸν θεόν etc) with the article ‘the’, the same as (θεὸς) without?
What does 1 John 1 have to say on the matter?

What is a more plausible translation two phrases?

In the beginning was God’s purpose; the purpose was godly and divine.

God’s purpose became realised and lived among us. We could see its glory; the sort of glory that belongs to an only-begotten son next to [his] father. [This purpose and son] was full of undeserved kindness and truth.