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.


In Context

15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, |This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'|

16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

18 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.

19 This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, |Who are you?|

20 He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, |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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

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 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.