RSV, NSRV, KJV, NIV, NAS, JB, NJB:
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

NEB:
When all things began, the word already was ^a
The Word dwelt with God, and what God was, the Word was.
^a Or The Word was at the creation.

LB:
Before anything else existed,^a
there was Christ,^b
with God.

^bLiterally, "The Word," meaning Christ, the wisdom and power of God and the first cause of all things; God's personal expression of himself to men.

TEV:
Before the world was created, the Word already existed;
he was with God,
and he was the same as God.

CEV:
In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.

REBrown:
In the beginning was the Word;
the Word was in God's presence,
and the Word was God.