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John 1:18

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18lNo one has ever seen God; mGod the only Son, who6 is at the Father’s side,7 nhe has made him known.

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Footnotes

  1. 6Or seen God; the only God who; some manuscripts seen God; the only Son, who (see verse 14)
  2. 7Greek in the bosom of the Father

Cross references

  1. lch. 5:37; 6:46; Ex. 33:20; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 4:12, 20; [ch. 12:45]
  2. mver. 14; See ch. 3:16
  3. n[Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side—he has revealed him.

NLTNew Living Translation

No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him known.

KJV 1900King James Version

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.