And John bore witness of Him, saying, 15 He that comes after me is preferred before me; for He was before me.
This settles the question of the pre-existence of Christ, for all who have any respect for the Bible as the Word of God.
It is true enough that the flesh of Jesus, that is, His fleshly body, was not in the beginning with God, the Creator of all things; for: Hebrews 10:5 When He came into the world, He said, Sacrifice and offering You would not, but a body have You prepared me.
But: John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing. And the life that animated the flesh of Jesus, and which is the real person, was the Word which was in the beginning with God, and which was God."
E.J. Waggoner
