18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.


In Context

15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' "

16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ. "

John 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him. ]

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.