On Pascha · §1.36

Beginning and first

Therefore also when he comes into his world John does not say: "the Word was first," but "in the beginning was the Word."

Greek

[διὸ κ]αὶ εἰς κό[σ]μον αὐτοῦ γινομέν[ου Ἰ]ωάννης οὐ λέγε[ι]· "πρῶτος [ἦν ὁ λ]όγος", ἀλλὰ "ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦ[ν ὁ] λόγος".