John 1:1 — "The Word Was God"

Assemblies of God affirms the traditional reading of John 1:1 as teaching that the Word (Logos) who became flesh in Jesus Christ is fully divine and eternally God. The AG's Statement of Fundamental Truths explicitly affirms the deity of Christ and his eternal pre-existence. In Trinitarian theology, the Logos is the eternal Son of God — fully divine, coequal with the Father.

The AG interprets John 1:1 ('the Word was God') as definitively establishing the divinity of the incarnate Son. This reading sits comfortably within classical Trinitarian orthodoxy and is foundational to AG Christology. Pentecostal emphasis on Spirit empowerment complements rather than undermines this Trinitarian affirmation.

The AG would reject Arian readings (subordinationist) and non-Trinitarian interpretations that arose in early modern theology. For the AG, John 1:1 stands as one of Scripture's clearest statements of the Son's full and eternal divinity.