John 1:1 is very important because it not only identifies Christ as God, but the verses that follow tell us He created everything:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:1-3).
The New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses says: "…and the Word was a god," contrary to all other translations!!!