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John 1:18

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18No one has ever seen God,e but the one and only Son, who is himself God andbf is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

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Footnotes

  1. bSome manuscripts but the only Son, who

Cross references

  1. eEx 33:20; Jn 6:46; Col 1:15; 1 Ti 6:16; 1 Jn 4:12
  2. fJn 3:16, 18; 1 Jn 4:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, he 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.