Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Holman Bible
The One and Only
the One who is at the Father’s
He has revealed Him.
International Standard Version
No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.
A Conservative Version
No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.
American Standard Version
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
Amplified
No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].
An Understandable Version
No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father's side, has shown us who He is.
Anderson New Testament
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
Daniel Mace New Testament
no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is intimate with the father, hath made him known.
Darby Translation
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Godbey New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.
John Wesley New Testament
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Julia Smith Translation
None has seen God at any time; the only born Son, he being in the bosom of the Father, he has declared.
King James 2000
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
Modern King James verseion
No one has seen God at any time; the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
No man hath seen God at any time. The only begotten son, which is in the father's bosom, hath declared him.
Moffatt New Testament
Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.
NET Bible
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
New Heart English Bible
No one has seen God at any time. The only God, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
Noyes New Testament
No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.
Sawyer New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him].
The Emphasized Bible
No one, hath seen, God, at any time: An Only Begotten God, The One existing within the bosom of the Father, He, hath interpreted him .
Thomas Haweis New Testament
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.
Webster
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Weymouth New Testament
No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
Williams New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only son, Deity Himself, who lies upon His Father's breast, has made him known.
World English 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.
Worrell New Testament
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He declared Him.
Worsley New Testament
and though no one hath ever seen God, or can see Him: yet the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath made Him known.
Youngs Literal Translation
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
Themes
Christ » Names of » Only begotten son
Declaration » Jesus Christ declaring God the father
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » The one and only son of the father
Jesus Christ » History of » John's testimony concerning him
Names » Of Christ » Only begotten son
Topics
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Devotionals about John 1:18
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References
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Word Count of 36 Translations in John 1:18
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prologue To John's Gospel
17 For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him. 19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
Cross References
Matthew 11:27
"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.
John 6:46
"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
Colossians 1:15
He is a visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
1 Timothy 6:16
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.
1 John 4:9
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.
1 John 4:12
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.
Luke 10:22
"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."
John 1:14
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.
John 12:41
Isaiah uttered these words because he saw his glory, and he spoke of him.
John 13:23
There was reclining upon Jesus' breast one of the disciples whom he loved.
1 John 4:20
If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen.
1 John 5:20
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.
Luke 16:22-23
"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.
John 3:16-18
"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.
John 14:9
"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'?
John 17:6
"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.
John 17:26
And I have declared??nd will declare??hy name unto them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them."
1 Timothy 1:17
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!