THE THOUGHT IN JOHN 1:3c-4

With a working assumption that the final words of verse 3 belong with verse 4, the article seeks to clarify; the thought in the three clauses making up verses 3c-4. It concludes that the thought expressed is this: the mystery of animate life, existing as it does 'in the Logos', shines as a light upon humanity, a light intended to light up the divine presence in the world in that it reveals the presence and working of the Logos. A second alternative is possibly viable: creation is life-giving, and the lift it gives acts as a light revealing the Logos.