John 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

this one was in the beginning with God;

Nearby Context

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

John 1:2 this one was in the beginning with God;

John 1:3 all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

John 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beginning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beginning" and "the identity of Jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "In the beginning was the Word and..." into verse 3's "all things through him did happen and...", so "beginning" and "the identity of Jesus" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beginning" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.