1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:1-4
In the first 18 verses of John, he gives us the identity of Jesus as the word that became flesh. John wants us to have in mind as we read through the rest of his gospel that Jesus is God, Jesus is creator, and Jesus is our mediator.