John 1 deliberately reopens the creation story with “In the beginning,” then brings together creation, life, light, and darkness. John identifies the Word through whom all things were made as the One who became flesh.

John’s Gospel and 1 John both open with “the beginning,” life, witness, and the manifested Word/life, creating a very strong Johannine literary and theological correspondence.

The Gospel’s life/light and darkness imagery is developed in 1 John into the confession that God is light and the ethical call to walk in the light.

John and Colossians both place the Son/Word on the Creator side of the Creator–creation distinction: all things come into being through him, and Colossians adds that all things are created for him.

Revelation’s conquering Christ is named “the Word of God,” carrying John’s distinctive Word Christology into final victory and judgment. Revelation carries John’s “Word” Christology into the final victory scene.