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The pre-existence of Christ refers to the doctrine of the personal existence of Christ before his conception.

One of the relevant Bible passages is John 1: 1-18 where, in the Trinitarian view, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis called the Logos or Word.

However, other non-Trinitarian views question the aspect of personal pre-existence or question the aspect of divinity, or both.

This doctrine is reiterated in John 17: 5 when Jesus refers to the glory which he had with the Father " before the world was " during the Farewell discourse.

John 17: 24 also refers to the Father loving Jesus " before the foundation of the world ".