"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!

who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

The only

And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

In this was the love of God clearly shown toward us, by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

In the

There was reclining upon Jesus' breast one of the disciples whom he loved.

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

He hath

Isaiah uttered these words because he saw his glory, and he spoke of him.

"Have I been so long among you, and yet you, Philip, have you not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Cause us to see the Father'?

"I have made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

And we know that the Son of God is come, and has granted us and understanding, so that we may come to know him who is true. And we are in him who is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and life eternal.

General references

"before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.