John 1:18
“No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.”
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John 1:18 Context
16And of his fulnesse haue all wee receiued, and grace for grace. 17For the Law was giuen by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. 18No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him. 19¶ And this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou? 20And he confessed, and denied not: but confessed, I am not the Christ.
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Other Translations for John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
- King James Version
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained {Him.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared `him'.
- American Standard Version (1901)
No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
- Basic English Bible
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared [him].
- Darby Bible
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Webster's Bible
No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
- Weymouth Bible
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- World English Bible
No man sai euer God, no but the `oon bigetun sone, that is in the bosum of the fadir, he hath teld out.
- Wycliffe Bible
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for John 1:18
1:18 No man hath seen God - With bodily eyes: yet believers see him with the eye of faith. Who is in the bosom of the Father - The expression denotes the highest unity, and the most intimate knowledge.
People's Bible Notes for John 1:18
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God, with bodily eyes, but he was manifested as the Word, and at last the "only begotten Son . . . hath declared him". "He that hath seen me", said Christ, "hath seen the Father. The Father is in me, and I in him" (Joh 14:9 10:38).