{The same} (houtos). "This one," the Logos of verse  1 ,
repeated for clarity, characteristic of John's style. He links
together into one phrase two of the ideas already stated
separately, "in the beginning he was with God," "afterwards in
time he came to be with man" (Marcus Dods). Thus John clearly
states of the Logos Pre-existence before Incarnation,
Personality, Deity.