What does John 1:2 mean?

This continues to introduce Jesus, while countering false views of spirituality. John already described Jesus as the Logos, meaning "the Word," of God (John 1:1). Jesus is a living message: a definition of God the Father. John also specifies that Jesus did not become God. Nor did He rise to the level of God. Jesus Christ has always been God, from the very beginning. John 1:1 states that the Word was God, not something separate from God.

This verse clarifies that this was true from the start. Jesus was not a created being, nor a separate being. He was, and is, God. This is a claim Jesus will make of Himself later in the gospel. In John 8:38, for instance, Jesus claims to speak what He has heard directly from the Father. Shortly after, in John 8:58, Jesus not only claims to have existed before Abraham, He refers to Himself using the name of God: I am. John will relate several of these "I am" statements in his book.