“No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son,NU reads “God” who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.”
— WEB
John 1:18
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“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
— KJV
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].”
— ASV
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Commentary
No man--"No one," in the widest sense. hath seen God--by immediate gaze, or direct intuition. in the bosom of the Father--A remarkable expression, used only here, presupposing the Son's conscious existence distinct from the Father, and expressing His immediate and most endeared access to, and absolute acquaintance with, Him. he--emphatic; As if he should say, "He and He only hath declared Him," because He only can.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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