gods many and lords many
of the heathens. Besides
the Father
is not the term used in that age in distinction from the gods that are no gods; but
Ib. p. 222.
The Word was with God; that is, it was not yet in the world, or not yet made flesh; but with God.—John i. 1. So that to be with God, signifies nothing but not to be in the world.
The Word was with God.